Woman Accused of Joining ISIS Arrested on Return to Germany

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stand guard as displaced people prepare to board a bus waiting outside the Al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria's Al-Hasakeh governorate on June 3, 2019, as Kurdish authorities started sending home 800 Syrian women and children who had been evacuated from the Islamic State group's "caliphate" earlier this year. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images

BERLIN—German prosecutors said Monday a German woman who allegedly joined the ISIS terrorist group in Syria was arrested upon her return to the country. She is accused of membership in a foreign terrorist group, war crimes against property and other crimes.

Federal prosecutors said in a written statement that the woman, identified only as Nurten J. in line with local privacy laws, was arrested Friday at Frankfurt Airport.