ISIL returnees threaten home countries: Australia FM
Australia has called for stronger regional cooperation to counter the threat posed by foreign members of the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group upon their return to home countries from Syria and Iraq.
Speaking to reporters in the city of Perth on Saturday, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop voiced concern about the threat of foreign militants returning home, saying that “this threat demands a stronger and closer level of cooperation amongst all countries affected by it.”
Bishop also said the threat that ISIL returnees pose to Australia is “real and present.”
The top Australian diplomat added that about 100 Australians were thought to be fighting in the ranks of ISIL in Syria and Iraq.
About 90 countries have said some of their citizens have joined the terrorists overseas, Bishop stated.
In an interview with The Weekend Australian Magazine on Friday, Bishop emphasized that nations with citizens involved in the militancy in the two countries had a responsibility to battle ISIL funding and recruits, saying, “I’m certainly encouraging a greater effort. This is a threat we all face.”
The ISIL terrorists currently control parts of eastern Syria and Iraq’s northern and western regions.
This is while the Western governments have contributed to the rise of ISIL by sponsoring the militants fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria since 2011.
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