Terrorism

Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos on Tuesday put up for public consultation a prison reform bill that will allow convicted November 17 terrorist Savvas Xeros, among others, to be released from prison.

A Turkish government official says that authorities are holding a 21-year-old British woman who was suspected of trying to travel to conflict zones in Syria.
                   
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of government rules against speaking without prior authorization.
                   

Russian security forces announced on March 17 the tissue samples taken from Turkey have authenticated the identity of Diana Ramazova, a Russian citizen from the Republic of Dagestan who blew herself up in a suicide bomb attack on the Tourism Police Station in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district on Jan. 6, killing one policeman.

The Syrian government killed more than 100 civilians in a series of "ruthless air strikes" on a bastion of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) last year, Amnesty International said on March 17.
      

An Athens prosecutor on Monday filed charges against persons unknown for stealing from and vandalizing a small church near Athens Law School, which has been the site of a sit-in protest since Friday.

Vandals broke into Aghioi Anargyroi on Saturday night, smashing pews and an icon, as well as stealing valuable votive offerings and money from the collection box.

A mother of Chechen descent kidnapped her two children and travelled to Syria to join ISIS, according to Dutch officials.

Three British teenagers suspected of trying to travel to Syria were released on bail late March 15 after being questioned for 24 hours on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism, police said.
      

An agent who helped three British schoolgirls cross into Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant  (ISIL) was also working as a courier to transfer money to jihadists, a Turkish newspaper reported on March 15.

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament European Integration Committee accepted on Friday in principle and proposed to the parliament to adopt the draft law to limit disposal of property with a view to preventing terrorism, which will make room for freezing of property for individuals on lists of terrorists, their sponsors and helpers.

Thousands of Iraqi forces have laid siege to jihadists holed up in Tikrit but the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) shrugged off setbacks by welcoming Nigeria's Boko Haram group into its "caliphate".
      
After making major gains in and around the city Wednesday, commanders were confident that Baghdad's biggest victory yet against ISIL was only a matter of time.