Syrians are not terrorists, refugee tells America
JERSEY CITY (US): Hussam al-Roustom lost everything in Syria. After fleeing the horrors of war, he's working 12-hour night shifts in a bakery, learning English and watching his children flourish in...
View ArticleFrance is target of choice for jihadists
The bloody attacks in Paris show that France is a target of choice for jihadists due to its air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, as well as its controversial ban on the burqa...
View ArticleHow did attacks ringleader and Europe's most wanted man get to Paris?
Paris: French and Belgian security services were facing difficult questions on Wednesday night over how one of Europe's most wanted terrorists was able to slip back into France from Syria and...
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Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + More than 120 killed in coordinated attacks in Paris + Obama leads chorus of outrage over Paris attacks + US 'confident' Jihadi John'...
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View ArticleIn France, homegrown radicals and Islamist vets of Syrian civil war place...
Two weeks ago, France's top spy arrived in Washington for urgent meetings with his counterparts at the CIA and other agencies on the war in Syria and the rapidly morphing terror threat emanating from...
View ArticleBomber suspect had ‘party’ past
Hasna Ait Boulahcen, the woman believed to have blown herself up during a police raid that killed the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, swapped her party-girl persona for that of a Muslim...
View ArticleHollande Goes to White House Seeking Cooperation Against Militants
VOA News French President Francois Hollande's push to get world powers to work more closely together to fight Islamic State militants comes to Washington Tuesday as he meets with U.S. President Barack...
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Duty Editor: Clare Byrne Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + French radical identified among Paris attackers + G20 summit opens in shadow of Paris bloodshed + Clinton urges war on Islamic State,...
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View ArticleMolenbeek: The Brussels suburb at the heart of Belgium's jihadist threat
(CNN)The search for the perpetrators of the Paris attacks has led authorities across the Belgian border to an impoverished suburb of Brussels with a history of links to terror plots. Two of those who...
View Article'I came to live in dignity': Syrian refugees in the US
Hussam Al Roustom looks tired. He escaped the war in Syria in March 2013, with his wife Suha and their two small children. They fled from their hometown of Homs with little more than the clothes they...
View ArticleRingleader Of Paris Attacks Planned More Strikes
PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The ringleader behind the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris had plans to strike Jewish targets and to disrupt schools and the transport system in France, according to sourcesclose to...
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What's happening in Africa on Thursday: + Pope Francis holds mass in Nairobi NAIROBI: Pope Francis holds a giant open-air mass in Nairobi and addresses the UN at start of a three-nation Africa tour...
View ArticleParis terror mastermind planned attacks targeting kids, Jews
The ringleader behind the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris had plans to strike Jewish targets and to disrupt schools and the transport system in France, according to sources close to the investigation....
View ArticleRingleader of Paris attacks planned more strikes, mocked open borders - sources
PARIS (Reuters) - The ringleader behind the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris had plans to strike Jewish targets and to disrupt schools and the transport system in France, according to sources close to the...
View ArticleMastermind of Paris attacks planned more strikes, mocked open borders: Report
PARIS - The ringleader behind the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris had plans to strike Jewish targets and to disrupt schools and the transport system in France, according to sources close to the investigation....
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