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 The German army are planning stricter checks of their soldiers as officials fear that jihadists could be using the armed forces as a way to train. https://www.thelocal.de/20160831/german-army-to-tighten-checks-of-soldiers-amid-concerns-of-jihadists Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:00:19 +0200 german-army-to-tighten-checks-of-soldiers-amid-concerns-of-jihadists German police have arrested a 19-year-old Syrian man accused of having fought with the Isis jihadist group in Syria, prosecutors said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160324/syrian-isis-fighter-arrested-in-berlin-prosecutors Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:26:45 +0100 syrian-isis-fighter-arrested-in-berlin-prosecutors 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