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| Johan Cosar was arrested by Swiss authorities |
A Swiss man is facing up to three years in prison after he travelled to Syria to fight the Islamic State group.
Johan Cosar, born in Switzerland to parents of Syrian Christian origin, was arrested in Basel in February after his return from the Middle East. Details of his arrest emerged this week.
He had joined a Christian militia fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).
Those who travel to Syria to join Isil or other jihadist groups face arrest if they return amid fears they may launch terror attacks in Europe.
But so far most European countries have taken no action against the increasing numbers who are travelling to the region to join local militia fighting against the jihadists.
Mr Cosar helped train the Syriac Military Council, a 500-strong militia which defending the ancient Assyrian Christian minority from Isil, after travelling to Syria as a journalist. » | Justin Huggler in Berlin | Thursday, March 12, 2015
LE TEMPS: «Je ne suis pas djihadiste: je combats les terroristes» » | Valérie de Graffenried | mercredi 11 mars 2015
