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EU, Arab League join forces against jihadi threat

By Washington Examiner
Published June 11, 2014 1:40pm ET
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EU, Arab League join forces against jihadi threat
Britain's Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Hugh Robertson arrives at an EU-Arab league Foreign Ministers summit, in Athens, on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) | Petros Giannakouris

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — European Union and Arab League countries have agreed to cooperate against the terrorism threat posed by radicalized foreign fighters returning home from conflicts in the Middle East.

At a meeting Wednesday in Athens, foreign ministers from the two groups said “joint cooperation” was needed to counteract terrorism.

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