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Germany Arrests Woman, Accused of Joining ISIS, on Return Home

German police secure the main train station in Munich, Germany, January 1, 2016. (Reuters)
German police secure the main train station in Munich, Germany, January 1, 2016. (Reuters)
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Germany Arrests Woman, Accused of Joining ISIS, on Return Home

German police secure the main train station in Munich, Germany, January 1, 2016. (Reuters)
German police secure the main train station in Munich, Germany, January 1, 2016. (Reuters)

A German woman accused of joining the ISIS group in Syria and marrying an ISIS fighter has been arrested on arrival in Germany, reported The Associated Press on Saturday.

Federal prosecutors said the woman, identified only as Nasim A., was arrested Friday evening.

They added Saturday she had been detained by Kurdish forces early this year and held at the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria.

Prosecutors said she traveled to Syria in late 2014 and married an ISIS fighter.

The couple allegedly moved to Tal Afar, Iraq, where they lived in an ISIS-seized house.

The woman ran the household, receiving $100 per month from ISIS and leaving her husband free to fight for ISIS.

Prosecutors did not detail the circumstances of her return to Germany. Turkey is currently engaged in a push to deport ISIS members.

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Pro-Palestinian Activists Due to Appear Court after Damaging Planes at RAF Base

Demonstrators look on during a protest after British lawmakers voted to ban pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, outside Downing Street in London, Britain, July 2, 2025. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Demonstrators look on during a protest after British lawmakers voted to ban pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, outside Downing Street in London, Britain, July 2, 2025. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
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Pro-Palestinian Activists Due to Appear Court after Damaging Planes at RAF Base

Demonstrators look on during a protest after British lawmakers voted to ban pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, outside Downing Street in London, Britain, July 2, 2025. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Demonstrators look on during a protest after British lawmakers voted to ban pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, outside Downing Street in London, Britain, July 2, 2025. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

Four people are set to appear in a London courtroom on Thursday over charges connected with an incident in which pro-Palestinian protesters damaged two Royal Air Force planes with red paint and crowbars.

The charges come after the group Palestine Action said two of its members entered RAF Brize Norton on June 20 and used electric scooters to approach two Voyager jets used for air-to-air refueling. The protesters used repurposed fire extinguishers to spray paint into the planes’ jet engines and caused further damage with crowbars, according to the group, which released video footage of the incident, The Associated Press said.

The four, all between the ages of 22 and 35, are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage and conspiracy to enter a prohibited place for purposes prejudicial to the interests of the UK, counter-terror police said in a statement. The Crown Prosecution Service will argue that that the offenses have a “terrorist connection,” police said.

Palestine Action has claimed responsibility for a series of incidents targeting Israeli defense contractors in the UK and other sites linked to the war in Gaza. Following the incident at RAF Brize Norton, the government introduced legislation to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist organization. The measure means it will be a criminal offense to belong to or support the group, with a maximum of 14 years in prison.

Palestine Action rejects that assertion, saying its protests are designed to end international support for Israel’s war in Gaza.

Planes from Brize Norton, 70 miles (112 kilometers) northwest of London, regularly fly to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, Britain’s main air base for operations in the Middle East.