Tbilisi, Feb 21, 2025 (AFP) - Georgia charges two suspected of IS links with storing explosives

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Georgia charged two people with alleged ties to the Islamic State group with illegally acquiring and possessing explosives, officials said Friday, as authorities crack down on suspected jihadists. Dozens of Georgians -- primarily ethnic Chechen Muslims from the Pankisi Valley in the country's northeast, a region known for jihadist recruitment -- have fought alongside IS extremists in Syria and Iraq, according to officials in Tbilisi. The prosecut......

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