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France Refers Émilie König to Special Terror Court on ISIS Association Charge

Prosecutors cast her as an ISIS propagandist accused of recruiting.

Overview

  • Paris investigating judges ordered her referral on September 16, aligning with PNAT requisitions from July 29.
  • The PNAT alleges she remained in ISIS territory during the group’s worst abuses while acting as recruiter, matchmaker and propagandist.
  • König spent about a decade in Syria, including five years in detention, before Kurdish forces arrested her in late 2017 and France repatriated her in July 2022; she has been held since.
  • The United Nations listed her in 2014 among dangerous fighters, and U.S. interest reportedly included a CIA designation as a priority target.
  • The same judicial order also sends Sterenn D. to trial for a related terrorism offense over alleged long‑term logistical and financial support to König; she remains under judicial supervision.