Ahmed Samsam, sentenced in 2018 to eight years in prison for allegedly joining the so-called Islamic State, has been formally recognised as an agent of Denmark’s intelligence services, according to a ruling by the country’s Supreme Court. The decision ends years of official denial and confirms that Samsam, now 35, worked with both Denmark’s Security and Intelligence Service (DSIS) and the military’s Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) during the Syrian conflict.
