The Syrian national, who has not been identified, faces allegations he led the terror group’s security services before fleeing to Europe to claim refuge..
A Syrian asylum seeker was arrested in the Netherlands on Tuesday on suspicion of acting as one of the Islamic State’s top security chiefs during the terror cell’s infamous rise to power in the Middle East.
The 37-year-old man was arrested in the village of Arkel, approximately 40 kilometers east of Rotterdam, where he had resided since entering the Netherlands and claiming asylum back in 2019.
The suspect is believed to have been in a senior position in the security services of both the Islamic State and, prior to this, Jabhat al-Nusra, another proscribed Salafist jihadist terror group, according to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM).
“It is suspected that from his position at IS, he also contributed to war crimes that the organization committed in Syria,” the Dutch public prosecutor said in a statement.
“Before that, he supposedly held the same position for two years at another terrorist organization: Jabhat al-Nusra. He is said to have held both positions in and around the Yarmouk refugee camp in the south of the Syrian capital Damascus,” OM added.
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Police in the Netherlands have arrested a man who allegedly played a key role in both Jabhat al-Nusra and the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) militant groups.
The Dutch public prosecutor's office on Tuesday said police had arrested a 37-year-old man suspected of links to war crimes.
The office said the individual was said to have played an important role with two terrorist organizations — Jabhat al-Nusra and the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) — in the Syrian Civil War.
What we know so far
Police made the arrest in the southwestern village of Arkel, where the suspect, who is Syrian, was living after he was granted asylum, a prosecution service statement said.
"It is suspected that between 2015 and 2018, the man held a managerial position in the security service of IS," it said.
"From his position at IS, he also contributed to the war crimes that the organization committed in Syria," the statement explained.
Before that, he is believed to have been the head of security for two years for the al-Nusra Front, which is classed as a terrorist organization by many Western countries.--->READ MORE HERE
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