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Kosovo Sentences 7 for Ties to Terror Groups in Syria

by Associated Press

   PRISTINA --

   A Kosovo court has sentenced seven Albanian citizens on charges of
   terror, participating in terror groups and recruiting for Islamic
   terror groups in Syria.
   A statement Thursday from the court in the capital, Pristina, said the
   seven defendants, identified only by their initials, received prison
   sentences ranging from 2 to 4 years.

   Online news site Kallxo.com reports that some of them acknowledged
   having fought with anti-government forces in Syria, while others said
   they had gone to assist Syrian refugees in Turkey. A few expressed
   regret for going to Syria, the news site says.
   A few hundred Albanians from Kosovo are believed to have joined Islamic
   extremist groups and about 70 reportedly are still active with the
   groups in Syria and Iraq.