Sofia Koller

@sofiako.bsky.social

Working on CVE & CT at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Germany | focus on 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 & (returning) foreign fighters | former DGAP | King's College London alumna

Latest update on female #returnees in #Germany: Federal Court of Justice finds that Nadine K.'s conviction for aiding, abetting genocide in Syria is unjustified & orders her prison sentence to be reconsidered. In July 2023, Nadine K. had been sentenced to 9 years, 3 months, but appealed the verdict.

I'm back! After an intense but rewarding time away on parental leave, I'm happy to be back working on all things #CVE and #FTF (and hopefully finally getting my bluesky game going 💪) Looking forward to (re)connecting with you guys and hearing about your current projects ☎️☕️📧

A photo of the smiling Sofia Koller, holding her (anonymized) baby daughter and a bouquet of flowers.

Huge news: German 🇩🇪 embassy in #Syria repoened after 13 years. This might also impact potential repatriations of German nationals (presumed #ISIS members) detained in Northeast Syria - at least it would make consular assistance finally possible. www.dw.com/en/germany-r...

Germany reopens embassy in Syria after 13-year closure – DW – 03/20/2025

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visited the Syrian capital and reopened her country's embassy in Damascus. The diplomatic mission was closed 13 years ago during the early days of the Syrian ...

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Der Terror durch #ISIS war nie vorbei. Wichtige Strukturen konnten im Irak u. Syrien zerstört werden,aber der tötet noch immer Menschen dort. Ableger aus Afghanistan mobilisiert und plant international Anschläge - auch bei uns. Der Dschihadismus ist nach wie vor sehr aktiv.

I was recently invited to the Borealis Canadian Intelligence Eh podcast to speak about our ICCT study comparing European approaches to female violent extremist #offenders: "Are Western nations treating female jihadis consistently?" - Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting (borealisthreatandrisk.com)

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Germany has a new Federal Prosecutor #GBA: since yesterday, Jens Rommel is responsible for prosecuting terrorism, espionage, and war crimes. Previously, he had for example been deciding surveillance and arrests of potential IS members at the Federal Court of Justice.