(Anadolu) France’s top foreign intelligence official, Nicolas Lerner, declined to confirm whether Paris would repatriate its nationals detained in Syria for alleged links to the terrorist group Daesh/ISIS.
Lerner, who heads the General Directorate of External Security (DGSE), told Le Monde that France remains committed to targeting Daesh/ISIS operatives as part of the international coalition’s efforts.
“The fall of the al-Assad regime raises three sets of questions in terms of terrorism,” Lerner said.
He identified three primary concerns. First, the presence of over 100 French nationals currently at large in northwest Syria, many of whom are subjects of ongoing judicial cases.
