American ISIS suspect deported back to US

The man was initially sent to Greece on Monday, upon his request, according to Turkey's Interior Ministry. But Greece refused to accept him, and he was left stranded for several days in a "buffer zone" between the countries."Upon the commitment of the USA to issue a travel document, necessary procedures have been initiated to send the foreign terrorist fighter to the USA," the ministry said Thursday.The American was among several suspected ISIS fighters to be deported by Turkey this week, including a Briton and seven Germans.The move comes after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, where they discussed the fight against ISIS, among other things.In their joint press conference, Erdogan suggested that Turkey had thousands of ISIS-affiliated individuals in its custody and was in the process of sending them back to "their countries of origin."On Thursday evening, counter-terror police arrested a British man on suspicion of "Syria-related" terror offenses at London's Heathrow Airport after he arrived in the UK from Turkey, the Metropolitan Police said Thursday in a statement.Police would not confirm or clarify to CNN if the individual arrested was deported by Turkey as part of the repatriation process."The 26-year-old man was arrested after arriving at Heathrow airport on an inbound flight to the UK from Turkey," the Metropolitan Police said."He was arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts under section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006 … and currently remains in police custody," the statement added.The UK Home Office told CNN it would not comment on individual cases.Turkey announced last week that it would begin sending ISIS militants home, something that it has long pushed for, even for those fighters stripped of their citizenship.Ankara has repeatedly criticized European nations for refusing to take back their own nationals, with Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu saying that Turkey was not a "guest house or hotel" for ISIS members to stay in indefinitely.Several European countries have refused to take in the captured foreign fighters, saying that those individuals were denationalized, according to a report from Turkey's state-run news agency Anadolu.Danish, Irish, and French nationals are also due to be deporteRead More – Source