Terror threat

Former German soldiers join ISIS in Syria and Iraq: intelligence report

 A German intelligence report revealed that 29 former soldiers in the German army have joined the ranks of the radical group of Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq during the past few months. 

According to the report, out of the 29 German soldiers there were 19 fighters who were demobilized from the service since 2007 for religiously extremist inclination, and have travelled abroad and joined the ranks of the terror group in the war-torn countries of Syria and Iraq. 

Additionally, the German intelligence has put more than 320 recruits under surveillance since 2007 due to suspicious religious beliefs. 

This is the first time that the German intelligence agency admits its own nationals have joined the terror group. Many of those fighters have appeared in ISIS-broadcasted videos in a bid to lure Europeans to join ISIS ranks, according to experts.