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 Just days after two French high school boys were brought back from Turkey after trying to join jihadists fighting in Syria, one was charged under a terror statute. Prosecutors were continuing to look into how the boys allegedly became radicalized. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140131/french-teen-jihadists-face-terror-probe Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:00:00 +0100 french-teen-jihadists-face-terror-probe Roughly three weeks after two French high school boys set off to fight in the Syrian civil war one of them will be coming home after being picked up in Turkey. Reports say the other pupil returned of his own accord on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140127/french-jihad-boy-to-come-home Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:55:00 +0100 french-jihad-boy-to-come-home The news that two 15-year-old French pupils, decided not not turn up at their classes, but instead make the 4,400 km trip to join Al Quaeda fighters in Syria, left France shocked on Friday. They are the latest and probably youngest to join hundreds of French jihadist fighters in Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140117/boys-head-to-syria Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:19:00 +0100 boys-head-to-syria French teenagers are acquainting themselves with alcohol earlier and earlier in their lives and getting drunk in worryingly high numbers, according to a study published on Tuesday, the latest to suggest that France has a growing alcohol problem. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130507/teen-drinking Tue, 07 May 2013 12:10:00 +0200 teen-drinking