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 will repatriate for the first time a suspected member of jihadist group IS and her children from a prison camp in northern Syria, the German foreign ministry said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20191123/germany-to-bring-home-its-first-is Sat, 23 Nov 2019 09:50:33 +0100 germany-to-bring-home-its-first-is A woman of German nationality suspected of having ties to the Islamic State (IS) group was detained as soon as she landed in Germany after being expelled from Turkey, prosecutors said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20191116/german-woman-suspected-of-is-ties-arrested-after-deportation Sat, 16 Nov 2019 14:41:45 +0100 german-woman-suspected-of-is-ties-arrested-after-deportation German parents and relatives of Islamic State militants demonstrated Monday outside the foreign ministry, urging the government to repatriate wives and children of fighters held in Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20190429/relatives-of-german-is-fighters-stage-protest-in-berlin Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:24:22 +0200 relatives-of-german-is-fighters-stage-protest-in-berlin 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 Four years after leaving Germany to live under the Islamic State group, 19-year-old Leonora has fled the jihadists' last bastion in eastern Syria and says it's time to go home. https://www.thelocal.de/20190204/i-was-a-little-bit-naive Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:47:07 +0100 i-was-a-little-bit-naive A Tunisian man who was arrested in Germany after allegedly plotting a biological bomb attack with a deadly poison had been planning his escape. https://www.thelocal.de/20180705/seeds-needed-for-deadly-poison-attack-bought-on-amazon Thu, 05 Jul 2018 13:25:52 +0200 seeds-needed-for-deadly-poison-attack-bought-on-amazon 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 Germany on Wednesday moved four Tornado jets flying surveillance missions against the Islamic State group to Jordan after withdrawing them from Turkey amid a bilateral dispute, the defence ministry said. https://www.thelocal.de/20171005/germany-redeploys-anti-is-surveillance-jets-to-jordan Thu, 05 Oct 2017 10:44:47 +0200 germany-redeploys-anti-is-surveillance-jets-to-jordan German prosecutors said Thursday they had arrested an alleged Algerian Isis group militant who had had contact with the late ringleader of the November Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud. https://www.thelocal.de/20160707/germany-arrests-is-suspect-close-to-paris-attacks-planner Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:24:08 +0200 germany-arrests-is-suspect-close-to-paris-attacks-planner Saleh Abdeslam, the man arrested in Belgium on Friday in connection with the Paris attacks, also had Germany in his sights, Berlin's Tagesspiegel newspaper reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160322/paris-terrorist-planned-attacks-in-germany Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:36:12 +0100 paris-terrorist-planned-attacks-in-germany Leaked documents containing names, birth dates and phone numbers of Isis members are very likely to be genuine, German federal police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160310/leaked-isis-files-on-german-jihadists-likely-genuine-police Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:38:39 +0100 leaked-isis-files-on-german-jihadists-likely-genuine-police German intelligence warned Tuesday that the number of Islamic extremists in the country had increased sharply in recent months and expressed serious concern that they were recruiting among refugees. https://www.thelocal.de/20150922/police-raid-berlin-sites-over-links-to-islamic-state Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:09:49 +0200 police-raid-berlin-sites-over-links-to-islamic-state The governments of America, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Britain issued a joint statement on Sunday condemning "barbaric" acts carried out by the Islamic State group in Libya. https://www.thelocal.de/20150817/germany-condemn-barbaric-isis-acts-in-libya Mon, 17 Aug 2015 11:10:45 +0200 germany-condemn-barbaric-isis-acts-in-libya German police have detained a suspected Islamic State jihadist who fled Spain last month, the Spanish interior ministry said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150805/jihadist-wanted-in-spain-arrested-in-germany Wed, 05 Aug 2015 15:25:18 +0200 jihadist-wanted-in-spain-arrested-in-germany A leaked government report shows that security authorities believe the threat of a terrorist attack in Germany is higher than at any time since the late 1970s. https://www.thelocal.de/20141223/terror-alert-higher-than-in-decades-leaked-report-bild-foreign-fighters-jihad-isis-middle-east Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:34:00 +0100 terror-alert-higher-than-in-decades-leaked-report-bild-foreign-fighters-jihad-isis-middle-east UPDATE: Seven German military trainers, who flew to Iraq on Friday to train Kurdish fighters battling Islamic extremists Isis, have been denied permission to enter the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20140923/iraq-denies-german-soldiers-entry Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:57:00 +0200 iraq-denies-german-soldiers-entry Germany’s military said on Thursday it was ready to send its first shipment of arms to Kurds fighting Islamic extremists Isis in northern Iraq. https://www.thelocal.de/20140918/germany-prepares-first-iraq-arms-delivery-isis-kurds Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:13:00 +0200 germany-prepares-first-iraq-arms-delivery-isis-kurds Germany has sent six soldiers to northern Iraq to coordinate deliveries of aid and military equipment to Kurds fighting Islamist terror group Isis. https://www.thelocal.de/20140828/germany-sends-six-soldiers-to-iraq Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:45:00 +0200 germany-sends-six-soldiers-to-iraq Chancellor Angela Merkel described atrocities committed by Isis in Iraq as genocide on Wednesday, going further than other western leaders in her condemnation of the group. https://www.thelocal.de/20140827/merkel-accuses-isis-in-iraq-of-genocide Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:25:00 +0200 merkel-accuses-isis-in-iraq-of-genocide Germany pledged €4.4 million in emergency humanitarian aid to Iraq over the weekend, but calls are growing for the country to step up its response to the crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20140811/calls-grow-for-germany-to-step-up-iraq-role-yazidi Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:32:00 +0200 calls-grow-for-germany-to-step-up-iraq-role-yazidi