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 US-backed Kurdish-led forces have detained German jihadist Martin Lemke after he fled the last pocket held by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, two of his wives said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190201/german-jihadist-detained-in-syria-by-forces-according-to-his-wives Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:34:03 +0100 german-jihadist-detained-in-syria-by-forces-according-to-his-wives A German court said on Wednesday it is releasing one of three suspected jihadists arrested for allegedly planning coordinated suicide bombings in the western German city of Düsseldorf. https://www.thelocal.de/20171213/dsseldorf-court-releases-suspect-in-suicide-bomb-plot-over-lack-of-evidence Wed, 13 Dec 2017 17:36:29 +0100 dsseldorf-court-releases-suspect-in-suicide-bomb-plot-over-lack-of-evidence Police Tuesday arrested two suspected Syrian jihadists, one of them an alleged member of terror group Isis accused of slitting the throat of a regime soldier, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.de/20170509/police-arrest-two-alleged-syrian-jihadists Tue, 09 May 2017 15:21:51 +0200 police-arrest-two-alleged-syrian-jihadists There are nearly 8,000 radical Salafists in Germany, while 750 Germans have gone to wage jihad in the Middle East. The Local looks at the state of Islamist extremism in Germany today. https://www.thelocal.de/20151116/what-we-know-about-extremism-in-germany Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:26:35 +0100 what-we-know-about-extremism-in-germany State prosecutors in Munich said on Wednesday that a 30-year-old female jihadist had been charged with preparing a violent act against the state. https://www.thelocal.de/20150205/munich-prosecutors-charge-female-jihadist Thu, 05 Feb 2015 08:59:00 +0100 munich-prosecutors-charge-female-jihadist