France Frees Man Suspected of Wanting to Join Syria Rebels
French authorities have released a man detained this week on suspicion of wanting to go to Syria to fight alongside Islamist rebels, a judicial source said on Friday.
The unidentified 47-year-old was arrested on Tuesday near the eastern city of Belfort but was released late Thursday after investigators found no evidence of a planned departure, the source said.
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls said recently that intelligence services believe about 50 French citizens could currently be fighting with rebels in Syria.
Source: Agence France Presse
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