EU states take aim at radical websites to counter Syria problem


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  • Friday, 06 Jun 2014

A view shows a damaged mosque at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped yesterday evening by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Qadi Askar district in Aleppo June 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nine European countries endorsed plans on Thursday to step up intelligence-sharing and take down radical websites to try to stop European citizens going to fight in Syria and bringing violence back home with them.

The initiative by states that deem themselves most affected by jihadist violence was given new urgency by the killing of three people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels last month.

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