After the French repatriation operation, there are still a hundred French women in Syria and almost 250 children in jihadist prison cells in Syria, according to Laurent Nunez (coordinator of intelligence and the fight terrorism). .
Laurent Nunez, RMC, stated that before the repatriation of 35 minors (from Monday [4] to Tuesday[July 5]"), there were "120 women, almost 290 children" French held in camps in northeastern Syria under the Kurds' control.
He stated that the "security criterion" would be "increasingly considered" to determine future similar operations. Families and NGOs want the repatriation and end of the "case-by-case" policy.
Laurent Nunez declared, recalling the threat from Turkish operations and reconstitution of Islamic State in the Syrian desert, that "whenever we can", we would repatriate operations on humanitarian grounds as well as increasingly on security grounds.
Laurent Nunez said, "Perhaps it is safer to keep these women and children under control than to let them roam free in the wild for the safety of their fellow citizens."
The terrorist threat is "endogenous" in essence, but the counter-terrorism coordinator urged "not to ignore" the one "projected from the outside".
He said, "The EI still has the inclinations, and we see that they are being reconstituted. We know that some of the jihadists who were there have returned to their country to the Maghreb, or the Balkans without necessarily being charged, and that that continues to constitute threats for us."
