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 said Friday it would allow deportation of Syrians to their war-ravaged homeland from 2021 if they are deemed a security risk, five years after a massive refugee influx. https://www.thelocal.de/20201211/germany-to-allow-deportations-of-suspect-syrians Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0100 germany-to-allow-deportations-of-suspect-syrians A Syrian doctor living in Germany is being investigated on suspicion of carrying out crimes against humanity at a military hospital in the war-torn country. https://www.thelocal.de/20200523/syrian-doctor-in-germany-accused-of-war-crimes Sat, 23 May 2020 12:21:34 +0200 syrian-doctor-in-germany-accused-of-war-crimes Germany charged two alleged former Syrian secret service officers with participating in crimes against humanity, in what rights activists said Tuesday would be the first trial worldwide over state-sponsored torture in Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20191029/germany-charges-two-syrians-with-crimes-against-humanity Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:39:40 +0100 germany-charges-two-syrians-with-crimes-against-humanity German Chancellor Angela Merkel threw her support Tuesday behind a controversial call by her defence minister for international troops to create a "safe zone" in northeastern Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20191023/resume-the-fight-against-terror-merkel-backs-call-for-troops-in-syrian-safe-zone Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:19:10 +0200 resume-the-fight-against-terror-merkel-backs-call-for-troops-in-syrian-safe-zone German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government was sharply divided Tuesday by defence minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's surprise call for international troops to secure northeast Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20191022/germany-divided-over-call-for-syria-peacekeeping-force Tue, 22 Oct 2019 18:22:11 +0200 germany-divided-over-call-for-syria-peacekeeping-force The Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria on Monday handed over four children linked with the Islamic State group to Germany, their first such repatriation to the European country, an official said. https://www.thelocal.de/20190819/kurds-in-syria-hand-over-four-is-linked-children-to-germany Mon, 19 Aug 2019 16:44:09 +0200 kurds-in-syria-hand-over-four-is-linked-children-to-germany Germany has stopped processing some applications for asylum by Syrian refugees, pending a new assessment of the security situation in the war-torn country, according to a report on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190427/germany-suspends-work-on-some-syrian-asylum-applications-report Sat, 27 Apr 2019 10:57:33 +0200 germany-suspends-work-on-some-syrian-asylum-applications-report After eight years of brutal war in Syria, the UNESCO World Heritage-listed city of Aleppo lies in ruins -- but a vast digital archive in Germany aims to keep its memory alive and help rebuild it one day. https://www.thelocal.de/20190306/digital-archive-on-display-in-berlin-hopes-to-help-rebuild-syria Wed, 06 Mar 2019 13:10:11 +0100 digital-archive-on-display-in-berlin-hopes-to-help-rebuild-syria Germany plans to strip dual nationals who fight for a foreign militant group of their German citizenship, the government said Monday, as Western nations eye the return of IS jihadists warily. https://www.thelocal.de/20190304/germany-to-strip-dual-national-militia-fighters-of-citizenship Mon, 04 Mar 2019 14:02:47 +0100 germany-to-strip-dual-national-militia-fighters-of-citizenship The German foreign minister said it would be "extremely difficult" to organise the repatriation of European nationals in Syria who had joined the Islamic State group, in response to a call by US President Donald Trump. https://www.thelocal.de/20190218/germany-says-repatriation-of-syria-jihadists-extremely-difficult Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:06:18 +0100 germany-says-repatriation-of-syria-jihadists-extremely-difficult Germany has arrested two alleged former Syrian secret service officers accused of torture and crimes against humanity, prosecutors said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190213/two-suspected Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:48:30 +0100 two-suspected 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 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 appeals court Wednesday lengthened the jail term for a Syrian refugee found guilty of war crimes and taking part in the kidnapping of a Canadian UN peacekeeper. https://www.thelocal.de/20190123/german-court-lengthens-syrian-kidnappers-jail-term Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:44:11 +0100 german-court-lengthens-syrian-kidnappers-jail-term Germany warned Thursday that US President Donald Trump's decision to pull troops out of Syria could endanger a battle against Islamic State militants and jeopardize achievements on the front. https://www.thelocal.de/20181220/us-syria-pullout-could-hurt-fight-against-is-germany Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:52:09 +0100 us-syria-pullout-could-hurt-fight-against-is-germany Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has ruled out the notion that Germany could start deporting criminal refugees to Syria. The idea had been proposed within the conservative CDU party. https://www.thelocal.de/20181123/german-interior-minister-rules-our-deportations-to-syria Fri, 23 Nov 2018 12:17:04 +0100 german-interior-minister-rules-our-deportations-to-syria The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany on Saturday called for a ceasefire around the last major rebel-held bastion of Idlib in Syria to be preserved. https://www.thelocal.de/20181027/syria-summit-says-idlib-ceasefire-must-be-safeguarded-2 Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:34:24 +0200 syria-summit-says-idlib-ceasefire-must-be-safeguarded-2 German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Istanbul on Saturday ahead of a summit aimed at finding a political solution to Syria's devastating civil war, provide access to humanitarian aid and salvage a fragile ceasefire in the country's last major rebel-held bastion. https://www.thelocal.de/20181027/turkey-to-host-syria-summit-with-russian-french-german-leaders Sat, 27 Oct 2018 12:29:43 +0200 turkey-to-host-syria-summit-with-russian-french-german-leaders From northern Syria, Muslim convert Sufyan is imploring his native Germany to take him back, having been captured years after joining the Islamic State group's so-called "caliphate". https://www.thelocal.de/20181023/german-is-shoemaker-pleads-to-come-home-from-syria Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:04:44 +0200 german-is-shoemaker-pleads-to-come-home-from-syria Germany is ready to contribute to rebuilding Syria if a political solution was found for fair elections in the country, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180914/germany-says-ready-to-contribute-to-syria-rebuilding Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:20:32 +0200 germany-says-ready-to-contribute-to-syria-rebuilding