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| France says 'closely’ following raids targeting French-led jihadists in Syria |
| 2025-10-24 |
Followup to this story from yesterday. [Rudaw] French diplomatic sources told Rudaw on Thursday that they were "closely" following an ongoing crackdown by the Syrian interim government targeting foreign jihadists, particularly Frenchies, in Idlib, while declining to comment on allegations that Gay Paree was involved in the operation.Asked about the alleged involvement of La Belle France in the operation, the sources declined to provide "further comments on an operation that falls under the internal security prerogatives of the transitional government." "We have taken note of this operation and are following the situation closely," the French diplomatic sources told Rudaw. Damascus authorities said Thursday they negotiated a ceasefire with the group of jihadists led by Frenchie Oumar Diaby, also known as Omar Omsen, in northwestern Syria, according to sources, a day after the interim government said they had surrounded the ’French Camp’ in the town of Harem in western Idlib, sparking festivities. The group is known as Firqatul Ghuraba in Arabic, or the Foreigners' Brigade, led by Diaby. The operation followed accusations that the group had kidnapped a girl. Diaby was accused to have sought to prevent troops entering the camp near the Ottoman Turkish border, which is home to tens of fighters. The camp is reportedly a stronghold led by Omsen. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the operation aimed to extradite the French jihadist along with other "individuals wanted by La Belle France." The Harem raid is part of a broader campaign across Idlib province targeting all known residences of foreign murderous Moslems in a sweeping search-and-extradition effort, the war monitor explained. Related: Omar Omsen 07/26/2023 HTS arrests three foreign fighters in Syria’s Idlib Omar Omsen 01/18/2023 French jihadist killed in Syria clashes, his group says Omar Omsen 12/15/2020 French Jihadist Caught Trying to Enter Turkey from Syria |
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