In Bosnia, Former Fighters Face Expulsion. Many Foreign-Born Muslims Who Came During 1992-95 War Now Losing Citizenship. ... ZENICA, Bosnia -- They met in 1985 as Syrian immigrants in Croatia, ...

Ex-general jailed for war crimes by foreign fighters in Bosnia. As senior commander, the court found that Sakib Mahmuljin, 69, had ‘failed to prevent’ war crimes from being committed.

However, as the general's 1993 memo implied, there were some leaders, including Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnia's President at the time, who were happy to welcome the foreign fighters, partly as a way ...

A magnet for foreign jihadists during its 1990s war, Bosnia is now grappling with the threat from home-grown extremists wooed by the conflicts in Iraq and ...

Then, in 1994, I returned to Bosnia and operated out of Zenica, where what was by now known as the Foreign Fighters’ Battalion (Katibat al-Mujahedin al-Ajanib) had its logistical base.

Foreign fighters from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region are taking part on both sides of the conflict. Croats are siding with Ukrainian forces while the Serbs support pro-Russian separatists.

Foreign fighters have long been a key element of transnational jihad. ... The same thing occurred to a lesser extent in Bosnia and Chechnya in the 1990s and again following the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The issue of foreign fighters in Syria remains a major concern for various parties, including Western and Arab states on one side, Syrian civilians and minorities, especially on another side, and ...

However, as the general's 1993 memo implied, there were some leaders, including Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnia's President at the time, who were happy to welcome the foreign fighters, partly as a way ...

A magnet for foreign jihadists during its 1990s war, Bosnia is now grappling with the threat from home-grown extremists wooed by the conflicts in Iraq and ...