Kosovo bans citizens from participating in armed conflicts abroad
The parliament of Kosovo has introduced a piece of legislation forbidding the citizens of the Southeastern European country to travel to other countries and participate in armed conflicts, including in the terrorist activities of the ISIL Takfiri group in the Middle East.
On Thursday, Kosovan legislators adopted the legislation and warned that anyone violating the ban will be sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The ruling particularly outlaws joining a foreign army, and police or paramilitary forces in any form of conflict outside Kosovo.
The Kosovan Interior Ministry has announced that an estimated 300 Kosovars have joined the ranks of the ISIL Takfiri militant group in Syria and Iraq, and that half of them have been prosecuted.
Figures from the London-based International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence and the New York-based Soufan Group show an estimated 20,000 militants from almost 80 countries have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight along with extremist groups.
According to a UN Security Council report, many of the foreign militants joining the group are youngsters as the ISIL makes massive use of social media.
US intelligence officials believe that more than 150 American citizens have also traveled to Syria to fight the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Nick Rasmussen, said in February.
The ISIL militants currently control some swathes of land in Syria and Iraq. They have carried out heinous atrocities in both countries, including mass executions and beheadings.
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