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 Twelve orphans of French jihadists were flown to France on Monday from Syria, the French foreign ministry confirmed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190610/france-flies-home-12-children-of-syria-jihadists Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:41:07 +0200 france-flies-home-12-children-of-syria-jihadists France is seeking to repatriate some of the 150 children of French jihadists identified as being in Syria, as Western nations grapple with how to handle citizens who left to join extremists. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181024/france-wants-to-bring-home-jihadists-kids-from-syria Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:57:06 +0200 france-wants-to-bring-home-jihadists-kids-from-syria French authorities have confirmed that a suspected jihadist who together with his family allegedly planned a bomb attack in Lyon in 2014 was released from prison by mistake. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180823/suspected-jihadist-released-from-prison-in-france-by-mistake Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:10:21 +0200 suspected-jihadist-released-from-prison-in-france-by-mistake A mosque in the eastern suburbs of Paris was ordered closed on Tuesday because authorities deemed it "a threat to security". https://www.thelocal.fr/20170412/france-shuts-down-another-mosque-for-preaching-violent-jihad Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:55:41 +0200 france-shuts-down-another-mosque-for-preaching-violent-jihad President Francois Hollande invoked the spirit of national unity on Saturday as he led tributes to 86 people killed in a jihadist truck attack in Nice on Bastille Day. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161015/hollande-to-honour-nice-attack-victims-three-months-on Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:25:18 +0200 hollande-to-honour-nice-attack-victims-three-months-on Twenty members of a suspected jihadist cell who attacked a Jewish grocery in 2012 and had ties to jihadists in Syria are set to face trial after prosecutors said they had a case to answer. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151113/20-french-jihadists-face-trial-over-on-jewish-grocer Fri, 13 Nov 2015 17:56:05 +0100 20-french-jihadists-face-trial-over-on-jewish-grocer A Frenchwoman has issued a plea for help to bring home her three-year-old daughter, whom she says was "abducted" by her jihadist husband who has left for Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151103/french-girl-kidnapped-by-jihadist-father Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:35:30 +0100 french-girl-kidnapped-by-jihadist-father French lawmakers adopted a draft law Thursday that will require minors to have permission from their parents or legal guardians before leaving the country in a bid to curb departures for jihad in Iraq or Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151009/france-adopts-bill-to-keep-minors-from-jihad Fri, 09 Oct 2015 10:22:23 +0200 france-adopts-bill-to-keep-minors-from-jihad An aggrieved French mum is demanding the country's government pay her €110,000 in damages for failing to stop her son leaving to fight jihad in the Middle East. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150609/french-mum-sues-government Tue, 09 Jun 2015 13:27:18 +0200 french-mum-sues-government An Islamist group calling themselves the "knights of pride" went on trial in France this week accused of plotting to attack "targets", including Jewish shops in the Paris region. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150609/kinghts-of-pride-on-trial-for-plotting-attacks Tue, 09 Jun 2015 10:20:13 +0200 kinghts-of-pride-on-trial-for-plotting-attacks Alarming figures revealed in France on Tuesday showed exactly why French authorities are taking the fight against online jihadist networks so seriously. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150602/isis-bombard-french-with-40000-tweets-day Tue, 02 Jun 2015 19:33:45 +0200 isis-bombard-french-with-40000-tweets-day A Frenchman has been sentenced to eight years behind bars for his involvement in Al-Qaeda networks in northern Africa. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150515/french-jihadist-jailed-for-eight-years Fri, 15 May 2015 16:54:20 +0200 french-jihadist-jailed-for-eight-years More young women from France are being targeted to join radical Islamist group Isis than their male counterparts, new figures show, with experts suggesting that the shift is a result of gender-targeted propaganda. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150415/more-french-women-than-men-lured-by-isis Wed, 15 Apr 2015 14:25:26 +0200 more-french-women-than-men-lured-by-isis France upped its military involvement in the fight against Isis on Monday by dispatching its aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle to the Gulf. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150223/france-deploys-aircraft-carrier-in-gulf Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:14:00 +0100 france-deploys-aircraft-carrier-in-gulf An emergency hotline in France for reporting suspected jihadists has seen calls to the number double in January as concerned parents call for advice fearing their children may have been radicalized. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150206/calls-to-frances-anti-jihad-hotline-double Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:58:00 +0100 calls-to-frances-anti-jihad-hotline-double The Islamic State group released a new video calling for its followers to launch fresh attacks on France, just a month after a deadly Islamist assault on a Paris magazine shocked the world. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150204/isis-urges-supporters-to-attack-france-anew Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:46:00 +0100 isis-urges-supporters-to-attack-france-anew A Paris court has sentenced three French youths to prison for having attempted to make their way to Yemen and Somalia in 2012 to fight alongside Islamist extremists. It was the first trial of its kind since France last week was hit by a string of deadly terrorist attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150116/france-hands-wannabe-jihadists-lengthy-prison-terms Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:47:00 +0100 france-hands-wannabe-jihadists-lengthy-prison-terms In the last 18 months, French intelligence services have prevented as many as five terrorism plots from taking place on French soil, according the country’s interior minister, who warned that jihadists returning from Syria continue to pose the biggest threat. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141218/five-terrorism-plots-foiled-in-france-since-summer-2013 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:04:00 +0100 five-terrorism-plots-foiled-in-france-since-summer-2013 A French mother is suing the French state, who she blames for the fact her teenage son was able to breeze through border patrol with a simple ID card and go unchallenged about his final destination - the front lines in Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141208/mum-sues-france-after-son-leaves-for-jihad Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:28:00 +0100 mum-sues-france-after-son-leaves-for-jihad The French public are becoming increasingly unnerved by the fact youngsters from everyday backgrounds, with names like Maxime, Helene, David and Mikael, are joining the jihad and turning up in brutal Islamic State execution videos. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141120/jihad-french-nationals-is-isis Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:58:00 +0100 jihad-french-nationals-is-isis