Germany arrests Syrian suspected of recruiting for al-Qaeda

German police have arrested a 24-year-old Syrian man suspected of recruiting for militant Islamist network al-Qaeda on the Internet, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

The man, named only as Hussam S., is believed to have posted around 100 pieces of propaganda on websites since September 2007 to attract new members for al-Qaeda and other Islamist groups, the federal prosecutors' office in Karlsruhe said in a statement. (Reuters)