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 The families of several children and wives of French jihadist fighters in Syria have filed lawsuits against France's top diplomat over his refusal to let them come to France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190916/french-families-sue-government-over-children-stuck-in-syria Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:06:44 +0200 french-families-sue-government-over-children-stuck-in-syria 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 Lunel, a town of 26,000 people outside the coastal Mediterranean city of Montpellier, became a symbol of the jihadist fervour sweeping parts of France. Five of its residents went on trial on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180405/lunel-the-tiny-french-town-that-became-the-symbol-of-jihad Thu, 05 Apr 2018 19:05:37 +0200 lunel-the-tiny-french-town-that-became-the-symbol-of-jihad A new study, the first of its kind in France, has shed some light on the typical profile of the French individuals who have become violent jihadists. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180330/aged-26-and-poor-who-is-the-typical-french-jihadist Fri, 30 Mar 2018 15:23:21 +0200 aged-26-and-poor-who-is-the-typical-french-jihadist An Iraqi court ordered the release and deportation of a suspected French jihadist sentenced Monday to seven months in prison for entering the country illegally, saying she had already served her time. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180219/suspected-french-jihadist-to-be-deported-from-iraq-after-sentence-served Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:21:33 +0100 suspected-french-jihadist-to-be-deported-from-iraq-after-sentence-served Emilie König went from being a barmaid in Brittany to a notorious recruiter for Isis. French sociologist and documentary maker Agnes de Feo, who met König tells The Local how the daughter of a French policeman ended up among the ranks of the terror group. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180109/how-a-french-nightclub-barmaid-became-a-notorious-isis-recruiter Tue, 09 Jan 2018 11:39:08 +0100 how-a-french-nightclub-barmaid-became-a-notorious-isis-recruiter The French government says it has no intention to repatriate the daughter of a French policeman from Brittany, who became a notorious jihadist recruiter before being captured in Syria. She will be tried in Syria, the government says. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180104/france-refuses-to-repatriate-brittanys-notorious-female-jihadist Thu, 04 Jan 2018 11:55:50 +0100 france-refuses-to-repatriate-brittanys-notorious-female-jihadist Two senior executives at French-Swiss cement maker LafargeHolcim, including its former CEO, were charged on Friday over claims that top management turned a blind eye to payments to jihadists in Syria, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171209/switzerland-france-lafarge-bosses-in-french-court-over-jihadist-funding Sat, 09 Dec 2017 10:31:28 +0100 switzerland-france-lafarge-bosses-in-french-court-over-jihadist-funding The Swiss-French cement company LafargeHolcim should have stopped its operations in war-torn Syria before it did, its chairman said in an interview published Sunday, after three executives were charged with indirectly financing jihadists. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171204/lafarge-chairman-says-company-made-unacceptable-errors-after-top-officials-charged-with-financing-jihadists Mon, 04 Dec 2017 10:23:13 +0100 lafarge-chairman-says-company-made-unacceptable-errors-after-top-officials-charged-with-financing-jihadists Three top officials of Swiss-French cement-maker Lafarge were charged on Friday with indirectly financing jihadists through the company's activities in war-torn Syria, one of their lawyers and judicial sources said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171202/top-officials-french-swiss-cement-maker-financing-jihadists-lafarge Sat, 02 Dec 2017 05:34:30 +0100 top-officials-french-swiss-cement-maker-financing-jihadists-lafarge As the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed "caliphate" crumbles under an international military pounding, Europe's governments are grappling with a shared problem: what to do with returning jihadists and their families. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171101/homeward-bound-europe-mulls-fate-of-jihadist-families Wed, 01 Nov 2017 13:37:09 +0100 homeward-bound-europe-mulls-fate-of-jihadist-families French jihadists fighting in Syria have been able to claim their unemployment benefits from France, according to a new report, which they have used to finance terror group Isis. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171026/jihadists-in-syria-financed-by-french-welfare-handouts Thu, 26 Oct 2017 18:39:15 +0200 jihadists-in-syria-financed-by-french-welfare-handouts French citizens are among the biggest contingent of overseas fighters who have joined IS, with around 1,000 nationals estimated by counter-terror officials to have travelled to Iraq and Syria. France doesn't want them back. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171018/wanted-dead-not-alive-frances-approach-to-is-jihadists Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:17:35 +0200 wanted-dead-not-alive-frances-approach-to-is-jihadists A Frenchwoman, nicknamed "Mama Jihad", who tavelled to Syria three times to support her jihadist son was handed a 10-year jail sentence on Friday in the latest case against parents of Isis fighters. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171006/frances-mama-jihad-jailed-for-10-years-for-encouraging-jihadist-son Fri, 06 Oct 2017 19:09:36 +0200 frances-mama-jihad-jailed-for-10-years-for-encouraging-jihadist-son French soldiers killed or captured about 20 jihadists in Mali's restive north where a French soldier was killed on April 5th, the French chief of staff said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170501/french-troops-killed-or-captured-20-jihadists-in-mali Mon, 01 May 2017 04:13:51 +0200 french-troops-killed-or-captured-20-jihadists-in-mali One of the jihadists who murdered a French priest in July was buried in a Paris suburb, where his family owns a crypt, a local official said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160820/priest-killer-buried-in-france Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:28:00 +0200 priest-killer-buried-in-france France has expelled a Malian believed to pose a "serious threat" to public order "for belonging to a pro-jihadist Islamist movement," the interior ministry said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160806/france-expels-malian-on-suspected-jihadist-links Sat, 06 Aug 2016 19:14:44 +0200 france-expels-malian-on-suspected-jihadist-links As France searches for ways to deal with the threat from jihadists, lawmakers are suggesting radical ideas with one suggesting a French Guantanamo should be opened on an idyllic island off the west coast. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160721/a-guantanamo-a-la-franaise-on-an-idyllic-french-island Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:35:22 +0200 a-guantanamo-a-la-franaise-on-an-idyllic-french-island A French journalist has told for the first time how he managed to infiltrate a jihadist cell who were hoping to carry out an attack in France. Its leader had said "the French must die by the thousands." https://www.thelocal.fr/20160502/allah-soldiers-jihadist-cell-journalist-french-must-die-in-thousands Mon, 02 May 2016 14:54:46 +0200 allah-soldiers-jihadist-cell-journalist-french-must-die-in-thousands A French minister has struck a raw nerve after stating France is home to 100 Molenbeeks – referring to the Brussels suburb known to be hotbed for jihadists. But is he correct? https://www.thelocal.fr/20160329/is-france-really-home-to-100-molenbeeks Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:35:16 +0200 is-france-really-home-to-100-molenbeeks