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UN brief: repatriation of suspected fighters, Syria threats and budget cuts among top concerns
Summary
In a Feb. 12 briefing, the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism described ongoing repatriation and relocation efforts for suspected Islamic State detainees, acknowledged limits to public details about reported assassination attempts in Syria, and said budget austerity has reduced staff and forced relocations.
At a press briefing at UN headquarters on Feb. 12, Efraim Qasayfi of Arab News asked about reparations and a UNOCT report that recorded five assassination attempts last year against Syrian officials. Unidentified Speaker 1, speaking for the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism, said the office will try to obtain more detailed information from its Baghdad office and share it "in due course."
On repatriation, Unidentified Speaker 1 said the office is working closely with the Government of Iraq and other partners on returning or relocating former fighters and their families. "We still have tens of thousands of former terrorist fighters and their family members in the region," the speaker said, and…
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