Jean-Louis Denis, one of the most prolific recruiters of Belgian foreign terrorist fighters for the Syrian war a decade ago, has embraced the Taliban. In a series of videos posted last week, he announced his hijra to Afghanistan about 3 months ago (1/10)

Here's a video of the salat janaza, the funeral prayer performed for Chourouhou also posted on X by Michael Devred, who has started a collection to support the "many relatives of Tustari in Belgium" - using the most common nickname for the man who was known in Syria as Abu Rashid (9/9)

Chourouhou passed away in the hospital on the night of November 28 to 29, 2024, his friend Michael 'Abourayan' Devred (sentenced in 2016 to 5 years and 4 months, of which 5 years suspended) announced on X, formerly known as Twitter - posting this picture of the deceased (8/9)

According to Jean-Louis Denis, one of Belgium's most notorious recruiters for jihad in Syria who served his sentence and was released in 2018, Chourouhou recently worked for a local judge in Syria — most likely under the authority of Suqur as-Sham in Idlib (6/9)

The previous picture appeared on Facebook in May 2014, when he had just joined Suqur as-Sham, the militia of the most famous veteran of the Belgian jihad, Bassam Ayachi. In this picture from 2017, Ayachi is recognizable by his white beard and Chourouhou by his red coat (2/9)

It's been a terribly long time since I reported on Belgian foreign fighters in Syria. The passing of one of 100+ of them we lost track of is a good opportunity for a first post on this platform. His name is Mohammed Chourouhou and he left Brussels for Syria on October 6, 2013 (1/9)