Kosovo makes arrests in new push to stem flow of fighters to Syria, Iraq
PRISTINA - Police in Kosovo arrested 15 people on Wednesday, including a number of imams, in the second major operation in weeks to stem the flow of young ethnic Albanians joining Islamist fighters in Iraq and Syria, a police source said.
Local media reported that an influential imam of the Grand Mosque in the capital, Pristina, was among those arrested, as was the leader of an Islamic-rooted political party.
Most of Kosovo's 1.8 million people are ethnic Albanian Muslims and lead largely secular lives.
