Case: Fadia S. -

Fadia S., a German-Lebanese national, travelled to Syria with her four children in August 2015 to join her husband who had arrived earlier that year and joined ISIS. During their time in Syria, Fadia S. and her family moved into an apartment in Raqqa assigned to them by ISIS after the lawful owners had to flee from ISIS. Fadia S. raised her children in line with ISIS ideology, while exposing them to the hazards of the Syrian civil war and supported her husband who had a prominent role as ISIS fighter, in weapons management, and as a contact point for new recruits. In 2018, Fadia S. voluntarily returned to Germany with her then five children. She was arrested there in July 2020 and convicted one year later. A court found Fadia S. guilty of war crime of pillaging, membership in a foreign terrorist organisation, child neglect and sentenced her to 4 years imprisonment.