[IsraelTimes] German intelligence services estimate more than 1,150 people traveled from Germany to Iraq and Syria since 2011 for Islamist reasonsFour suspected members or sympathizers of the Islamic State
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group have been detained in Germany and Switzerland
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in a cross-border operation, prosecutors from the two countries said Tuesday.
In Switzerland, three people were picked up in the cantons of Zurich, Sankt Gallen and Lucerne, national authorities said, adding that seven further searches were also carried out.
The suspects, whose identities were not released, are accused of "participation in or support for the outlawed organization Islamic State."
In Germany, a man was detained in the western town of Roemerberg, federal prosecutors said. Identified only as Aleem N., he is "strongly suspected of preparing a serious
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"In Syria, the suspect wanted to join the foreign terrorist organization Islamic State, attain military training and then take part in combat or terrorist attacks," the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement. However,
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Aleem N. was unable to reach Syria for reasons that were not immediately clear and returned to Germany.
"At the latest in April 2021 he joined IS in Germany and carried out vast propaganda activities for the group," prosecutors said. His duties included "mainly translating official texts, videos and audio messages by IS from Arabic into German and distributing them on various Telegram channels in German-speaking areas."
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"a further attempt" to reach Syria in January 2022 "failed again."
Aleem N. was to appear on Tuesday before a federal judge who will decide whether to remand him in jug.
German intelligence services estimate that more than 1,150 people have traveled from Germany to Iraq and Syria since 2011 for Islamist reasons. More than a third have since returned to Germany, while at least 270 have been killed in Iraq or Syria.
"A low three-digit-number" are currently detained in the two countries, according to the intelligence services’ 2021 report.
Migrant Crisis Effect: Syrians Gaining German Citizenship Tripled in 2021
[Breitbart] The number of Syrians gaining German citizenship tripled in 2021 as many of those who arrived during the migrant crisis became eligible to obtain German nationality. The Federal Statistical Office of Germany announced that the naturalisation of Syrians had tripled last year, with 19,100 Syrian citizens becoming German citizens in 2021, compared to 6,700 in 2020.
The rise is largely due to the number of Syrians who arrived in Germany during the migrant crisis from 2014 to 2016 as the number of Syrians who have lived in Germany for at least six years rose from 45,300 in 2020 to 105,300 in 2021.
This year the number of Syrians who have been in the country for at least six years and could qualify for citizenship has drastically increased to 448,800, which could, in turn, lead to a further surge in Syrians gaining German citizenship this year. While Germany normally requires residency of at least eight years to qualify for citizenship, according to a report from the broadcaster Deutsche Welle, the Syrians granted nationality in 2021 were able to qualify after just six years due to their own successes in integrating into German society.