https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France on Friday charged a man with murder days after his expulsion from Turkey, holding him in custody over crimes alleged to have taken place in jihadist-controlled areas of Iraq and Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201010/france-charges-jihadi-with-murder-in-is-territory Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:57:25 +0200 france-charges-jihadi-with-murder-in-is-territory A French mother who took her three children to Syria to join the Islamic State jihadist group in 2014 was sentenced to 14 years in jail in Paris on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191123/french-islamic-state-mother-jailed-for-14-months Sat, 23 Nov 2019 09:40:26 +0100 french-islamic-state-mother-jailed-for-14-months French artillery units are playing a key role in the battle to overrun the Islamic State terror group's last holdout in Syria. AFP's Daphné Benoit reports from the front line. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190210/dispatch-french-troops-in-battle-for-islamic-states-last-holdout Sun, 10 Feb 2019 14:58:48 +0100 dispatch-french-troops-in-battle-for-islamic-states-last-holdout A man planning to set sail with his 10-year-old daughter from southern France to Syria with the aim of fighting jihad has been arrested before leaving port. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180807/man-arrested-in-france-planned-to-sail-his-boat-to-syria-to-fight-jihad Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:31:13 +0200 man-arrested-in-france-planned-to-sail-his-boat-to-syria-to-fight-jihad An Iraq court on Sunday sentenced a French woman to life in jail for membership of the Islamic State group as her lawyers accused authorities in Paris of "interference" to prevent her return to France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180603/french-is-member-jailed-for-life-by-iraqi-court Sun, 03 Jun 2018 13:08:36 +0200 french-is-member-jailed-for-life-by-iraqi-court A former CEO of French-Swiss cement maker LafargeHolcim said he was made aware of payments to the Islamic State group in August 2014, contradicting an account by another top executive, a source close to the case said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171216/lafarge-ex-ceo-denies-knowing-of-syria-payments-until-late Sat, 16 Dec 2017 17:17:34 +0100 lafarge-ex-ceo-denies-knowing-of-syria-payments-until-late Authorities in France have arrested a man who has links to an Isis jihadist in Syria and admitted to a plot to attack military personnel at a major naval base, police and judicial sources have said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151111/france-arrests-is-linked-man-over-planned-navy-attack Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:20:24 +0100 france-arrests-is-linked-man-over-planned-navy-attack French anti-terrorist prosecutors on Friday launched an investigation into an Islamic State group video that called for fresh attacks against France, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150207/french-anti-terrorist-prosecutors-probe-isis-video Sat, 07 Feb 2015 09:21:00 +0100 french-anti-terrorist-prosecutors-probe-isis-video The leader of France's armed forces said his country's military "hurt" Isis forces in a recent raid led by the international coalition battling the extremists in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141024/french-military-chief-isis-raids Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:50:00 +0200 french-military-chief-isis-raids A French prosecutor said Thursday he would pursue charges of attempted murder and terrorism against seven of the 12 suspected Islamist extremists arrested at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121011/french-terrorist-cell-biggest-threat-since-90s Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:54:00 +0200 french-terrorist-cell-biggest-threat-since-90s