https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A woman thought to be the first Italian to join Isis in Syria was sentenced to nine years in prison in absentia on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161219/italys-first-female-jihadist-sentenced-to-nine-years Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:25:56 +0100 italys-first-female-jihadist-sentenced-to-nine-years Italian authorities on Friday ordered the expulsion of a Tunisian national suspected of planning an attack at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160812/jihadist-planned-leaning-tower-of-pisa-attack-media Sat, 13 Aug 2016 01:14:51 +0200 jihadist-planned-leaning-tower-of-pisa-attack-media Italian authorities said on Friday they had broken up a people trafficking gang based near Naples headed by a Tunisian national they suspect of jihadist links. https://www.thelocal.it/20160805/jihadist-headed-italy-trafficking-gang-police Fri, 05 Aug 2016 12:21:36 +0200 jihadist-headed-italy-trafficking-gang-police A 23-year-old was arrested in Genoa on Wednesday on terrorism charges. https://www.thelocal.it/20160803/man-who-planned-to-join-syrian-jihadists-arrested-in-italy Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:59:31 +0200 man-who-planned-to-join-syrian-jihadists-arrested-in-italy A woman who investigators say was convinced to convert to Islam by her Tunisian husband has been held in the northern Italian city of Brescia on suspicion of being an aspiring terrorist. https://www.thelocal.it/20160607/woman-held-in-brescia-wanted-to-be-a-terrorist Tue, 07 Jun 2016 16:00:52 +0200 woman-held-in-brescia-wanted-to-be-a-terrorist A Macedonian man suspected of recruiting jihadists for the Isis group was arrested on Friday in north-east Italy, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160226/macedonian-alleged-is-recruiter-arrested-in-italy Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:29:17 +0100 macedonian-alleged-is-recruiter-arrested-in-italy UPDATED: Four people arrested in Italy and Kosovo on suspicion of spreading jihadist propaganda online allegedly made threats against Pope Francis and the former US ambassador to Kosovo. https://www.thelocal.it/20151201/four-arrested-in-italy-kosovo-anti-terror-sweep Tue, 01 Dec 2015 14:14:05 +0100 four-arrested-in-italy-kosovo-anti-terror-sweep Italy has deported a man suspected of recruiting on behalf of the Isis extremist group. https://www.thelocal.it/20150713/suspected-isis-recruiter-deported-from-italy Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:46:53 +0200 suspected-isis-recruiter-deported-from-italy A man was arrested in Ponsacco, a town in the province of Pisa, on Monday morning on suspicion of spreading jihadist propaganda and inciting terrorism. https://www.thelocal.it/20150706/suspected-jihadist-arrested-in-pisa Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:24:18 +0200 suspected-jihadist-arrested-in-pisa The arrest in Italy of a terror suspect posing as a boat migrant has fuelled nightmare scenarios of jihadist infiltration of Europe, but experts say the threat is overblown and attacks by homegrown extremists are more likely. https://www.thelocal.it/20150521/threat-of-jihadist-among-boat-migrant-threat-overblown Thu, 21 May 2015 18:45:37 +0200 threat-of-jihadist-among-boat-migrant-threat-overblown An imam who has preached in several Italian cities was arrested in Bosnia on Friday morning accused of recruiting combatants to fight for Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (Isis), Italian media has reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140905/jihadist-imam-who-preached-in-italy-arrested Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:20:00 +0200 jihadist-imam-who-preached-in-italy-arrested Five people in the northern Italian region of Veneto are being investigated for alleged links to jihadist militant groups, La Stampa reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140827/five-investigated-in-italy-over-jihadist-links Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:24:00 +0200 five-investigated-in-italy-over-jihadist-links