SYDNEY – Australia, a staunch ally of the United States and its battle against Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria, said on Friday it would strip dual nationals convicted of terrorism-related crimes of citizenship.
French President Francois Hollande last month abandoned plans to strip French nationality from people convicted of terrorism, climbing down from a tough stance that he took days after the November attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people.
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