Turkey deports Moroccan, German for terror links Ankara continues to deport foreign terrorist fighters to their countries of origin, says Interior Ministry

December 19, 2019   

(Anadolu) Turkey deported two foreign terrorist fighters back to their countries, Morocco and Germany, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

In a statement, the ministry said the Moroccan and German nationals were sent back [to] their countries of origin as part of Turkey’s ramped-up efforts to repatriate foreign terrorist fighters.

The statement did not specify which terror group the fighters belonged to, but in recent months it has been stressing the return of Daesh/ISIS terrorists.

Turkey continues to deport foreign terrorist fighters, the statement added.

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