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Turkey begins deporting foreign jihadists

Turkey captured many IS fighters in recent operations in Syria. [Photo: AFP]

Turkey deported three foreign jihadists on Monday, with more than 20 Europeans including French and Germans in the process of being expelled to their countries of origin.

Turkey has criticized Western countries for refusing to repatriate their citizens who left to join the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria and Iraq, and stripping some of them of their citizenship.

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