(France 24) Syria government forces launched an operation Wednesday against jihadists holed up in a camp in the northwest, in a push to capture French fighters wanted by their government.
Troops surrounded French jihadists in the camp during the ongoing operation, said Syrian authorities, confirming a report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group that a “vast operation” was launched “to arrest French fighters wanted by their government.”
The son of a prominent French jihadist in the camp, who goes by the alias Jibril al-Mouhajir, also told AFP that “clashes erupted after midnight and are ongoing.”
Mouhajir said the French government had demanded “two French nationals from the group be handed over” to Syrian authorities.
