Maizière: 100 German Terrorist Killed Out Of 700 Fought With Daash In Syria and Iraq

BAGHDAD / NINA / German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière announced that "about a hundred German terrorist were killed during their fight with al Daash in Syria and Iraq. Maizière said in an interview with a German newspaper "around 700 German Islamic extremist have gone since 2012 to war zones in Syria and Iraq, a third of them returned back to Germany during this period. To reduce the threat of terrorism resulting from the Germans travel to such areas, he said his government had taken a decision to prevent travel there and take action against the returnees, adding that about 600 investigations are currently making against more than 800 defendants. Germany is an active member of the international coalition, which is fighting Daash terrorist in Iraq and Syria. German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a new law to prevent foreign militants from traveling to and from Syria and Iraq. / End