PARIS (AP) — A French security official says authorities in Turkey detained a French-Moroccan national believed to be a leading recruiter of jihadis for the civil war in Syria.
Confirming a report by France’s RTL radio, the official said Thursday that 29-year-old Mourad Fares was expelled from Turkey overnight and returned to France. His arrest Aug. 16 at Istanbul’s airport had not previously been announced publicly.
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