Syria: “Like Guantanamo” – German Islamists Are Imprisoned Here

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For years, German IS fighters have been held in a Syrian prison for Islamists – without charge and without contact with the outside world. Their families are demanding answers and their return.

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According to information from the Federal Ministry of the Interior, several hundred German Islamists are abroad. "Of the approximately 1,150 German Islamists or Islamists from Germany who have traveled to Syria and Iraq since 2011, approximately 35 percent are abroad, according to our knowledge," a ministry spokeswoman told the Funke Media Group's daily newspapers (Thursday editions). According to security authorities, a "significant proportion"…