A 24-year Italian man who allegedly
fought with Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq
was recently arrested by the Turkish authorities, sources said
on Wednesday.
The man moved to the Middle East in 2014 and an international
arrest warrant was put out for him in 2017.
He was arrested after being tracked down in the Syrian city of
Idlib thanks to cooperation between the Turkish and Italian
authorities.
Once tracked down, he asked to hand himself in to the Italian
authorities.
As a result he was transferred to the Turkish province of Hatay,
where he was handed over to the Italian authorities.
He is already in jail in Italy.
The man's Turkish wife and three children have stayed in Turkey,
the sources said.
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