Iraq killed the commander of the so-called. Islamic State in Fallujah – Polish Radio

The Associated Press writes that Belgium, home to a large Muslim minority originating from North Africa, is the site of the most successful in Europe, recruiting fighters for IS Photo: PAP repository of / EPA / STEPHANIE Lecocq

the Belgian broadcaster state RTBF claims that the main purpose of people detained on Wednesday was a “slap in the crowd,” and railway station in Antwerp was a potential target.

Police searched on Wednesday, eight houses in this city and arrested four men, who were accused of involvement in a terrorist organization. The detainees are suspected also of trying to recruit volunteers to leave the areas of conflict in Syria and Libya.

newspaper “Nieuwsblad” writes that members of the Islamist group, whose members were arrested, contacted directly with other Belgians in Syria, including brought up in a suburb of Antwerp, Belgium prominent militant Islamic State (IS) Hisham Szaibem staying in al-Rakce. Al-Rakka functions as a self-proclaimed capital of IS in Syria.

Belgian prosecutor’s office announced that it does not seem to stop people had links with the bombers, who on March 22 at the airport in Zaventem and Brussels subway killed 32 people. For these bombings, and attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015, which killed 130 people, admitted the Islamic State.

The Associated Press writes that Belgium, home to a large Muslim minority originating from North Africa, it is the site of the most successful in Europe, recruiting fighters for iS.

(Film – Belgian anti-terrorists stopped the “brain” of the Paris attacks of November 13. Recorded moment of arrest / Source: BE VTM / x-news)

in mid-May Belgian authorities have decided to join the air strikes against ISIS in Syria. Belgian fighters begin airstrikes in Syria after July 1. United States that for many months tried to persuade the authorities in Brussels to become more involved in the fight against the State Islamic, Brussels adopted a decision with great satisfaction. In a specially issued a statement the Ministry of Defence of the USA emphasized that this is a step in the right direction.

– Our involvement in Syria would be limited exclusively to areas controlled by ISIS or other terrorist groups linked to it – has reserved a spokesman for Prime Minister the Belgian government of Charles Michel. His statement quoting AFP.

Belgium is a member of the international coalition to combat ISIS from 2014. However, the operation of the aircraft consisted only of Iraq. The share of the Belgian aviation has been temporarily suspended in July 2015. Due to the high financial cost of operation.

(Video – Minute of silence in Brussels. Crowds commemorated the victims of attacks / Source: DE RTL TV / TVN / x-news)

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