From the Liveblog of
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Germany arrests suspected member of Islamic State group
German authorities say they have arrested a 25-year-old Syrian man on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State extremist group.
Federal prosecutors say Faisal A.H., whose full name was withheld on privacy grounds, was detained yestersay in the southwestern city of Tuebingen.
Prosecutors say the man is suspected of joining a militia in 2013 that fought against the Syrian government. Later that year the militia merged with the Islamic State group.
Prosecutors said A.H. was initially considered to be a government collaborator by IS, but after undergoing religious “re-education” and swearing allegiance to the group he was made to spy on people in the town of Tabqa and help clear homes seized by IS.
He allegedly left Syria for Germany at the end of 2014.
— AP
The Times of Israel Community.