Austrian anti-terrorism police believe that an interview given to a French magazine allegedly with one of the two teenage girls who fled to Syria to join in the jihad was probably carried out at gunpoint. Earlier in the month based on conversations the girls had with parents and friends it was revealed that they regretted […]
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Vienna Jihad Girls Want To Come Home
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The two Austrian teenage girls who became ‘poster girls’ for the jihad in Syria are now desperate to come home after getting completely disillusioned with their new lifestyles. Samra Kesinovic, 17, and her friend Sabina Selimovic, 15, who grew up in the Austrian capital Vienna and enjoyed the freedom to wear whatever they wanted, and […]
Austrian police say that one of the two attractive young teenage girls who fled the country to go to Syria to fight on the side of Islamic rebels may have been killed. Last week it was revealed that the girls’ flight from their families in the Austrian capital Vienna to Syria had made them an […]
Austria ‘shipped arms to Syria’
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Austria supplied Syria with armoured vehicles in 2006, according to an investigation by Amnesty International (AI). The group announced yesterday (Weds) Austrian firms delivered vehicles of such kind worth two million Euros to the Arabian country that year. AI added the same type of vehicles were shipped from Austria to Yemen in 2006. AI criticised […]
The Austrian foreign affairs ministry has warned about travelling to Syria.The ministry said yesterday (Mon) Austrians were recommended not to go to the Western Asian country “if not absolutely necessary.”Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the states biggest cities to call for democracy in the past few days.The Austrian foreign ministry […]