https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The 19-year-old Austrian jihadist with Tunisian roots Firas Houidi, who was believed to be fighting with fellow jihadists in Syria may have been killed, according to a report in the Friday edition of the daily newspaper Kurier. https://www.thelocal.at/20150212/austrian-jihadist-likely-killed-in-syria Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:40:00 +0100 austrian-jihadist-likely-killed-in-syria According to a report from Reuters, two teenage girls from Chechnya and Bosnia who are permanent residents of Austria were released by a judge, after being arrested by Austrian authorities for attempting to travel to Syria to marry Isis jihadists. https://www.thelocal.at/20150113/teen-brides-released-by-judge-after-syria-bid Tue, 13 Jan 2015 23:42:00 +0100 teen-brides-released-by-judge-after-syria-bid Two more teenage girls, this time from Salzburg and Upper Austria, were arrested in their homes on Saturday after attempting to join the terrorist group Isis. UPDATE: The girls have been released from custody on Tuesday by a judge, who says 'they have committed no crime.' https://www.thelocal.at/20150111/teen-girls-arrested-for-isis-wife-offer Sun, 11 Jan 2015 16:22:00 +0100 teen-girls-arrested-for-isis-wife-offer The two teen girls who joined Jihadists in Syria, then changed their minds and now want to return to Austria, face up to five years in jail for supporting a terrorist organization, according to a report in the news daily Heute. https://www.thelocal.at/20141015/jihadi-teens-face-five-years-jail Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:57:00 +0200 jihadi-teens-face-five-years-jail