Young urban men with low levels of education are over-represented among Switzerland's jihadists, while 40 percent are on some form of benefits, a new study shows.
The latest Swiss Federal Office of Police (Fedpol) annual report provides an insight into Switzerland’s jihadists. Here's what it tells us about them including where they are from and how many are Swiss.
Amnesty International has criticized the Swiss parliament after it voted in favour of a motion to deport convicted terrorists even in cases where they face torture or death.
The Swiss justice minister on Monday confirmed that the country was looking at revoking the passport of a Swiss citizen who fought for the so-called Islamic State (ISIS).
A former Swiss sergeant was given a slap on the wrist Friday for joining a militia in Syria that was fighting to protect Christians from the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) group.
A heavily-armed Swiss man has been detained at Bulgaria's eastern border with Turkey and charged with terrorism after allegedly planning to go to Syria, prosecutors announced on Thursday.
Updated: State prosecutors are calling for a two-year suspended prison sentence for three members of the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ISSC) who are facing trial on charges of having produced illegal propaganda for the terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda.
Two senior executives at French-Swiss cement maker LafargeHolcim, including its former CEO, were charged on Friday over claims that top management turned a blind eye to payments to jihadists in Syria, a judicial source said.
Three top officials of Swiss-French cement-maker Lafarge were charged on Friday with indirectly financing jihadists through the company's activities in war-torn Syria, one of their lawyers and judicial sources said.
A Swiss court made history on Friday when it convicted a man for attempting to travel to Syria to join Isis, the first time anyone has been prosecuted in Switzerland for such an act.
Police have arrested a man suspected of being a key figure behind the radicalization of young Muslims in the eastern Swiss city of Winterthur, according to media reports.
The measure put forward by Swiss president and chairman of the country's populist Swiss People’s Party Toni Brunner was rejected by the Swiss senate to the tune of 27 votes against and 12 in favour.
A Swiss-Italian teenager suspected of joining terrorists in Syria could have his Swiss nationality withdrawn in what would be the first such case in Switzerland.
Being named after an ancient Egyptian goddess doesn’t make for a smooth banking experience in today’s world, given the case of one travel agent in Lausanne.
The Syrian conflict has acted like a greenhouse for extremist groups which are now spreading "like a cancer", the UN chief said on Friday, urging greater cooperation to prevent radicalisation.
Geneva remained on high alert Friday as police
carried out further searches in the western Swiss city for several suspected jihadists believed to have links to the Islamic State (IS) group, officials
said.
The US Embassy in Bern has advised American citizens to be highly vigilant and to take “appropriate steps to enhance personal security” in the wake of the terror alert in Geneva.
