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Frenchwoman on terror blacklist arrested in Syria

Emilie Koenig, a Frenchwoman suspected of recruiting fighters for the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) who appeared on US and UN blacklists, has been arrested by Kurdish forces in Syria, AFP reported Tuesday (January 2nd).

The 33-year-old daughter of a gendarme is being held in a Kurdish camp, her mother told Ouest-France newspaper.

Koenig went to Syria in 2014 and three of her children were born in that country. She appeared in several propaganda videos in which she appealed for jihad "as long as the enemy is around".

She was put on the UN list of the most dangerous fighters and a year later appeared on a US terror list.

Koenig's mother said she wanted to return to France and "to seek forgiveness of her family, her friends and her country".

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