https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Germany on Tuesday said it had temporarily withdrawn some of its troops deployed as part of the anti-IS coalition in Iraq, in the latest fallout over the US drone strike that killed a top Iranian general. https://www.thelocal.de/20200107/germany-to-withdraw-some-troops-from-iraq Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:53:43 +0100 germany-to-withdraw-some-troops-from-iraq Germany has repatriated from Iraq several children of jailed jihadists, the foreign ministry said Friday, as the war against the so-called Islamic State (IS) group draws to a close. https://www.thelocal.de/20190405/islamic-state-children-repatriated-to-germany-from-iraq Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:08:06 +0200 islamic-state-children-repatriated-to-germany-from-iraq Donald Trump posed for selfies with US soliders stationed at Ramstein Air Base during a surprise trip to Germany on his way back from Iraq. https://www.thelocal.de/20181227/trumps-surprise-visit-to-germany Thu, 27 Dec 2018 09:54:57 +0100 trumps-surprise-visit-to-germany The head of German federal police personally travelled to northern Iraq over the weekend to take hold of the suspect in a murder case that has inflamed debate on refugees. But did he act outside of the law? https://www.thelocal.de/20180613/did-germany-illegally-arrest-murder-suspect-ali-b-in-northern-iraq Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:32:08 +0200 did-germany-illegally-arrest-murder-suspect-ali-b-in-northern-iraq An Iraqi court said Sunday it had condemned to death by hanging a German woman of Moroccan origin after finding her guilty of belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group. https://www.thelocal.de/20180121/iraq-condemns-german-woman-to-death-for-belonging-to-isis Sun, 21 Jan 2018 14:57:05 +0100 iraq-condemns-german-woman-to-death-for-belonging-to-isis A German 16-year-old girl suspected of joining the Islamic State (Isis) jihadists in Iraq was arrested last week in Mosul, a German judicial source said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170722/german-jihadi-girl-arrested-in-iraq Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:38:17 +0200 german-jihadi-girl-arrested-in-iraq German public broadcaster ARD came under fire on Monday for allowing a woman wearing a full-face veil to argue on a current affairs talkshow that disillusioned youths could view war-torn Syria as the "promised land". https://www.thelocal.de/20161107/did-tv-talkshow-cross-line-with-jihad-praising-guest Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:09:00 +0100 did-tv-talkshow-cross-line-with-jihad-praising-guest The wealthy central German state of Hesse has set aside €1 million to build a school, family homes and an orphanage in northern Iraq, in an effort to help refugees there. https://www.thelocal.de/20161026/hesse-hopes-to-set-example-by-building-iraqi-orphanages Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:39:27 +0200 hesse-hopes-to-set-example-by-building-iraqi-orphanages The German army (Bundeswehr) has delivered a huge shipment of weapons to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Iraq after Germany broke off supplies earlier in the year. https://www.thelocal.de/20160818/germany-starts-sending-weapons-to-kurds-again Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:13:27 +0200 germany-starts-sending-weapons-to-kurds-again The Catholic Church in southern Bavaria is offering religious asylum to refugees who fled Isis, and who the state now wants to deport. https://www.thelocal.de/20160526/church-hides-refugees-from-state-in-bavarian-beauty-spot Thu, 26 May 2016 10:26:44 +0200 church-hides-refugees-from-state-in-bavarian-beauty-spot Swedish police tracked down the man who's accused of recruiting people to a terror group in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20160512/sweden-arrests-terror-recruiter-wanted-in-germany Thu, 12 May 2016 10:37:03 +0200 sweden-arrests-terror-recruiter-wanted-in-germany Germany recorded a steep decline in asylum seeker arrivals in April, official data showed Monday, after the closure of the popular route used by migrants through the Balkans. https://www.thelocal.de/20160509/steep-fall-in-number-of-migrants-arriving-in-germany Mon, 09 May 2016 14:29:15 +0200 steep-fall-in-number-of-migrants-arriving-in-germany At least 29 German soldiers have travelled to Syria or Iraq in recent years, an internal military report has found, with some believed to have joined terror group Isis. https://www.thelocal.de/20160412/german-soldiers-may-have-joined-isis-in-syria Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:15:33 +0200 german-soldiers-may-have-joined-isis-in-syria When a private jet crashed shortly after take-off on Thursday, an Iraqi veterinarian living in a nearby refugee shelter ran to the rescue - dressed only in boxer shorts and a T-shirt. https://www.thelocal.de/20160311/half-dressed-iraqi-vet-pulls-injured-from-plane-wreckage Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:56:47 +0100 half-dressed-iraqi-vet-pulls-injured-from-plane-wreckage German police on Thursday arrested a doctor suspected of having recruited a man of limited mental capacity to fight for the Islamic State organisation in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.de/20160303/berlin-doctor-recruited-mentally-ill-man-for-suicide-bombing Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:56:48 +0100 berlin-doctor-recruited-mentally-ill-man-for-suicide-bombing Machine guns and pistols delivered by the German Defence Ministry to Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq are being sold on the black market, research by public broadcaster NDR shows. https://www.thelocal.de/20160122/kurds-selling-german-delivered-guns-on-black-market Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:21:22 +0100 kurds-selling-german-delivered-guns-on-black-market A terror alert in Munich on New Year's Eve was part of a plot for simultaneous attacks across Europe by terror group Isis, Turkish media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160107/munich-new-year-alert-part-of-eu-wide-isis-plot Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:24:31 +0100 munich-new-year-alert-part-of-eu-wide-isis-plot A new report by Amnesty International blames "decades of poorly regulated arms flows" into Iraq for providing Isis with a huge arsenal of weapons - including some marked "made in Germany". https://www.thelocal.de/20151208/amnesty-isis-using-german-weapons-for-terror Tue, 08 Dec 2015 09:29:13 +0100 amnesty-isis-using-german-weapons-for-terror Immigrant to Germany and academic Ashley Nunes argues that refugees arriving in the Federal Republic must respect its values if the public's fears are to be overcome. https://www.thelocal.de/20151110/refugees-must-learn-to-respect-german-values Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:59:33 +0100 refugees-must-learn-to-respect-german-values The commander of Germany's mission to train Kurdish troops in northern Iraq died suddenly on Wednesday, the Bundeswehr (German army) said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150924/commander-of-german-iraq-mission-dies-suddenly Thu, 24 Sep 2015 10:51:44 +0200 commander-of-german-iraq-mission-dies-suddenly