https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The number of criminal investigations into possible members of Islamist groups in Switzerland has doubled in the past four months. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160324/swiss-step-up-terrorist-investigations Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:08:20 +0100 swiss-step-up-terrorist-investigations Three Iraqis have been found guilty of supporting terrorist group Islamic State (IS) from Switzerland, a Swiss court has judged. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160318/jail-for-iraqis-guilty-of-supporting-is-in-switzerland Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:15:09 +0100 jail-for-iraqis-guilty-of-supporting-is-in-switzerland The Swiss public prosecutor has sentenced a Swiss-resident Iraqi to six months in prison for posting online propaganda for Isis and instructions on how to make bombs, in one of around 20 similar cases currently pending in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151113/iraqi-jailed-for-posting-isis-propaganda-online Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:59:08 +0100 iraqi-jailed-for-posting-isis-propaganda-online