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Cyprus probes Syrians for connections with jihadists

Xinhua, February 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Cyprus police are investigating three Syrian men who allegedly have possible connections with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a police spokesman said on Friday.

Police arrested two Syrian men, both of whom live permanently in Cyprus, in the western city of Paphos. The men, respectively aged 39 and 46, were accused of exporting vehicles and goods to the jihadists in Syria.

They were released on bail and were ordered to surrender their travel documents. They will appear before the court on April 23.

The third Syrian was detained in the southern city of Limassol on suspicion of having connections with terrorist organizations in Syria.

A police investigator said the men arrested in Paphos admitted exporting twin-cabin pick-up vehicles to Syria but denied any cooperation or connection with terrorists organizations.

They said they drove the cars into the northern part of Cyprus and shipped them to Syria through the port of Kyrenia. Endit