Returning IS Fighters in the Balkans: Beyond the Immediate Security Threat

Publication: Terrorism Monitor

By: Ebi Spahiu

The Jamestown Foundation


Over the years, the nations of the Western Balkans have seen about 1,000 of their citizens join al-Qaeda’s Syria wing, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra), and move on to join so-called Islamic State (IS). [1] 

35,000 jihadists arrived in Bosnia

By Vesti Online edition, May 2018



Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Mektić assessed that, in the event of an increased migrant's arrival in Bosnia, one of the real options would be to close the borders. If necessary, "other agencies and the BiH Armed Forces will also be involved". And Milorad Dodik warned that, in the event that BiH institutions fail, the RS will close its borders.

Θερμό καλοκαίρι σε εισροές μεταναστών και μηδαμινή αντίδραση Ε.Ε. του Ιωάννη Μιχαλέτου

Την παρούσα περίοδο τουλάχιστον 350 άτομα εισέρχονται στην Ελληνική Επικράτεια δια θαλάσσης αλλά και μέσω Έβρου.