Germany says it has obtained files on Islamic State members

The announcement came after Britain’s Sky News reported it had obtained 22,000 Islamic State files on the border with Turkey and Syria, files that detail Islamic State fighters’ real names, where they were from, telephone numbers, and even names of those who sponsored and recruited the militants.

U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State, said the information could help the coalition fight the Islamic State group by aiding in a crackdown on the group’s foreign-fighter networks.

Sky News said the files were passed on to them on a memory stick stolen from the head of Islamic State’s internal security police by a former fighter who had grown disillusioned with the group.