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France
US Officials Press Case for Action in Syria
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Germany
Chancellor Merkel pushed back from Western plans for an immediate military intervention in Syira, agreeing with Russian president Vladimir Putin that the Syrian crisis can be resolved only by political action, and said that discussions at the UN Security Council should lead to a “unanimous and quick international reaction.” Such reaction is a necessary response to the “inhumane poison gas attack against Syrian civilians,” she said. Merkel also called on Germans to welcome Syrian refugees.
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Germany
A German media report said intelligence sources claimed that the recently intercepted communications between al Qaeda leaders included discussion of attacking European railways. German authorities are said to have taken discreet measures in response, including the deployment of plain-clothed police in stations and on trains.
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Germany
German authorities have asked Sweden to investigate an Iranian linked to a plan by extremist cleric Mullah Krekar to create a terror network of Europeans aimed at establishing an Islamic caliphate in Kurdistan. At least 10 people, residing in Norway, Germany, the UK, Switzerland, and Iraq, are suspected of links to the network, known as “Rawt.”
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Germany
Turkey halts Iranian spy’s extradition to Germany
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Afghanistan
Aid Groups Warn of Afghan Security Vacuum
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Germany
Rapper Bushido causes German government scandal
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Iran
US seeking direct nuke talks with Iran: report
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France
Iran importing missile-grade ore from Germany, France
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Germany
Germany permits Hezbollah ‘suicide bomber’ charity to operate
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Germany
Police are investigating two Tunisian men suspected of plotting to carry out terrorist attacks via model airplanes; raids were carried out in Belgium and in the German states of Bavaria, Baden-Wurttemberg, and Saxony. Police also searched the apartments of four suspected accomplices in Munich and Stuttgart who are believed to have “provided financing for the militant jihad.” Some of the suspects are aerospace engineering students at the University of Stuttgart, where they learn to program model planes for specific flight routes.
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Germany
Hidden Report Reveals How Iran Dodges Nuclear Watchdogs
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Germany
The Foreign Ministry said Germany would stick to its position of not providing weapons to a country in a civil war, despite the US decision to step up arms to Syrian rebels in the wake of confirmation that the Assad regime had used chemical weapons. Germany has been providing bulletproof vests and first aid supplies to the Free Syrian Army.
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Germany
The annual report of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency noted that the number of Islamists surged last year; membership in Milli Görüs, the largest Islamist organization in the country, or Hezbollah in Germany, rose to 42,550 in 2012 from 38,080 in 2011, and the number of Salafists rose to 4,500 from 3,800 during the same time period. On the other hand, membership in the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) declined to 6,000.
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European Union
German report: Berlin a hub of Hezbollah activity
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Germany
German Defense Ministry Continued Drone Program Despite Problems
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
How Timbuktu’s manuscripts were saved from jihadists
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European Union
Rebel Leaders in Syria Ask for Weapons from the West
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Germany
Although the head of Germany’s federal police, the BKA, had warned of a possible bombing by several Islamist terrorists against the 2013 soccer championship final in Berlin on May 25, the event went off smoothly. Increased security measures had been implemented in Berlin at the event and at other locations across the country.
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Afghanistan
NATO Member Countries To Keep Soldiers Post 2014
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Germany
In about-face, Germany backs blacklisting Hezbollah
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Germany
Berlin Sees Chemical Weapons As Trigger for Intervention in Syria
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European Union
EU to block arming of Syrian rebels
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Afghanistan
Tensions Rise Between Kabul and Berlin Ahead of Withdrawal
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Germany
A Somali man was arrested at a refugee center in Giessen and is accused of acting as a bookkeeper for pirates who hijacked the tanker Marida Marguerite in May 2010 and held the crew for six months until a multimillion-dollar ransom was paid. Last year another Somali involved in the Marida Margerite hijacking, Mohammad Saaili Shibin, was sentenced by a US court to life in prison for hijacking a yacht and killing the four Americans on board in 2009.
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Afghanistan
Young German Jihadists Fight on Side of Rebels in Syrian War
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Germany
The Interior Minister said the government is aware that known jihadists have traveled to Syria to fight with the rebels, and that there have been calls for European fighters to return home for jihad; he said Germany is following the development with “great concern.” German officials believe that German jihadists, including Reda Seyam, are assisting with fundraising for Islamist fighters in Syria.
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Afghanistan
Afghan Diplomats Do Not Return, Seek Asylum: Experts
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Germany
Germany announced a plan to keep as many as 800 military trainers in Afghanistan after the NATO withdrawal in 2014. The plan calls for reducing the number of German soldiers in the country to about 300 by 2017.
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Afghanistan
A Question of Morality: Germany’s Afghan Staff Fear Reprisals
