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 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's government on Wednesday approved the use of ankle bracelets to monitor extremists considered potentially dangerous as it moves to get tough on suspected jihadists after the Berlin truck attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20170201/berlin-to-fit-suspected-jihadists-with-ankle-bracelets Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:32:52 +0100 berlin-to-fit-suspected-jihadists-with-ankle-bracelets A new government report shows that a quarter of those who return to Germany from fighting in Syria or Iraq cooperate with German authorities, while half remain loyal to their cause. https://www.thelocal.de/20161128/one-in-four-jihadists-cooperated-with-authorities-upon-return-to-germany Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:20:40 +0100 one-in-four-jihadists-cooperated-with-authorities-upon-return-to-germany German police on Sunday searched the homes of two men suspected of having ties to "a terrorist group" in Syria, federal prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.de/20160208/police-raid-terror-suspects-homes-in-mainz Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:25:00 +0100 police-raid-terror-suspects-homes-in-mainz A German Islamist features on a list of the 16 most-wanted people being hunted by police in the wake of the Paris attacks, Der Spiegel reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151211/cops-hunt-german-jihadist-over-paris-attacks Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:32:45 +0100 cops-hunt-german-jihadist-over-paris-attacks Germany on Friday announced new measures to prevent its citizens from travelling to join the jihadist cause in Iraq and Syria, including confiscating their identity papers. https://www.thelocal.de/20141018/germany-to-seize-id-cards-to-stop-jihadist-travel Sat, 18 Oct 2014 12:00:00 +0200 germany-to-seize-id-cards-to-stop-jihadist-travel UPDATE: A German former rapper who joined jihadists fighting in Syria was reported dead on Tuesday by jihadist sources, but hours later some retracted the claim, saying he was still alive. https://www.thelocal.de/20140422/german-rapper-turned-jihadist-killed-in-syria Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:00:00 +0200 german-rapper-turned-jihadist-killed-in-syria Anti-terrorism authorities are increasingly worried about a “third generation” of German Jihadists travelling – often as whole families – to the lawless tribal region on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, according to a Monday media report. https://www.thelocal.de/20100405/26327 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:12:00 +0200 26327