Many French soldiers have joined the jihadist ranks in recent years. A report to be published at the end of the week detailed their respective paths. Thirty or so French soldiers have chosen to join the ranks of jihadist organizations in Syria, but also in Iraq. The latter brought their war experience and knowledge, according to a report by the Center for Analysis of Terrorism (CAT) Source Actu17
The police were targeted by dozens of mortar fire in Albi (Tarn) last night. Three officials were injured during this deluge of violence. The night from Thursday to Friday was long for the police in Albi. It all started with a refusal to comply in the sensitive district of Cantepau around 10 p.m. A motorist refused to stop when ordered by a municipal police patrol. The alert was given and reinforcements were requested. Source Actu17
The populist opposition party Alternative for Germany has filed legal action against reported plans to put the whole party under intelligence observation for alleged links to far-right extremism. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has launched legal action against the country’s domestic intelligence agency amid reports that it is preparing to put the whole party under surveillance over potential ties to far-right extremism. Source Deutsche Welle
Turkey and the European Union were set to discuss the renewal of a 2016 migration agreement during a meeting late on Jan. 21, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said ahead of the meeting.
“We conveyed our proposal to update the migration agreement. We will discuss the details of this,” Çavuşoğlu said at a joint press conference with the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, ahead of their meeting in Brussels. Source Daily News
