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Ukraine Boasts Having Foiled Daesh Attempt to Smuggle Terrorists to EU

© AFP 2023 / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEVA photographer takes a picture of an armed man in military fatigues standing guard outside the security service (SBU) regional building
A photographer takes a picture of an armed man in military fatigues standing guard outside the security service (SBU) regional building - Sputnik International
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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Wednesday that it had prevented an attempt of smuggling supporters of the Daesh (also known as IS/ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State) terrorist organization from Syria to Western Europe.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The SBU said in a statement:

"The Ukrainian Security Service has prevented an attempt of smuggling supporters of the Islamic State terror organization from the territory of Syria through Ukraine to the countries of Western Europe."

Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with the country’s government fighting multiple opposition factions and extremist groups, including Daesh, which is outlawed in many countries, including Russia.

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