Foreign Fighters

Ukraine

A Frenchman who fought in Syria prepares to go into battle for Ukraine

Pierre, 28, spent four years fighting jihadists in Syria. He arrived in the Ukrainian capital five days ago and is waiting to know where he will be deployed.

21/03/2022

Russia

Putin authorises Russia to use volunteer foreign fighters in Ukraine

Moscow says it was aware of 16,000 applications to fight alongside Russian forces.

11/03/2022

Italy

This Ukrainian orphan is returning home for the first time to fight

Euronews' Giorgia Orlandi joined Giuseppe on his journey from Milan back to the country of his birth.

10/03/2022

Latvia

Latvian MP Juris Jurašs 'joins legion of foreign fighters in Ukraine'

Juris Jurašs "volunteered to defend the territory of Ukraine", the country's justice minister said.

09/03/2022

United Kingdom

‘We can help’: Brits sign up to defend Ukraine against Russia

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine intensifies, many Brits are volunteering to fight for the nation - despite mixed messages from the UK government

01/03/2022

Syria

COVID-19 has slowed repatriation of foreign children in Syrian camps

According to Save the Children, an estimated 200 foreign children were repatriated in 2020 from camps in north-east Syria, down from 685 in 2019.

02/02/2021

Syria

Exclusive: THE CAMPS AND THE CALIPHATE - what is left of ISIS

Overflowing latrines, sewages trickling into tents, acute malnutrition and diarrhoea are just some of the issues the nearly 75,000 people held in the al-Hol detention camp in northeastern Syria face every day. More that 11,000 foreign nationals suspected of links to IS fighters are held there.

23/09/2019

France

Europe’s problem with jihad: Foreign fighters who tore families apart

Europe’s problem with jihad, and the shocking aftermath of the mass recruitment of European’s to ISIS, is far from solved.

23/09/2019

World News

Euroviews. European far-left fighters in Syria: Take them seriously: View

It is naïve, if not disingenuous, to claim foreign fighters who have joined Kurdish militants in Syria will not set their sights on Western targets, says the European Foundation for Democracy's Demir Murat Seyrek.

05/03/2018