Ringleader 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 ArticleRingleader of Paris attacks planned more strikes, mocked open borders
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...
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Duty Editor: Katy Lee Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Belgian capital shuts metro on terror alert + Mali hunts suspects after deadly hotel attack + Dozens dead as Russia pounds east Syria +...
View ArticleThe Paris attacks: Who? Why?
Their faces became familiar to us this week, through images recorded on Islamic State videos, through police mugshots and through Facebook pages. But they provide no clues about why five Frenchmen and...
View ArticleDeadly Paris attacks reveal 'next stage of IS': experts
The Islamic State group's ability to carry out the deadly Paris attacks that it has claimed reveals the growing sophistication and reach of the global jihadist network, analysts said Saturday. At least...
View ArticleHasna Ait Boulahcen: French 'cowgirl' turned suspected suicide bomber
Hasna Ait Boulahcen, the woman believed to have blown herself up during the police raid that killed the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, swapped her party-girl persona for that of an Islamist...
View ArticleHasna Aït Boulahcen: 'party girl' killed in Paris terror siege
Friends and relatives describe how 26-year-old was into drinking and dancing, but suddenly adopted strict Islamic dress six months ago...
View ArticleParis attacks: Woman 'was not suicide bomber' in raid
French media have cast doubt on the possibility that the female cousin of the presumed ringleader of the Paris attacks blew herself up in Wednesday's police raid in the Saint-Denis suburb. Police...
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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 ArticleFrance seeks to extend state of emergency after attacks
France, Belgium move to tighten security; FBI said to warn of threat in Italy Flowers and candle tributes are placed at the Restaurant Le Carillon in Paris on Thursday. France is still reeling from the...
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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 ArticleBelgium seeks 2 tied to Paris suspect Abdeslam
(CNN)Belgian authorities Friday released pictures of two unidentified men they're seeking in connection with the probe into the fatal Paris attacks, saying they believe the two are linked to fugitive...
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View ArticleAbaaoud linked to four French attack plots this year: minister
Paris attacks ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud was implicated in four thwarted French terror plots this year, a minister said Thursday, deploring the fact that no-one had flagged his presence in Europe....
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Duty Editor: Patrick Galey Tel: +357-22-391-420 AFP Middle East & North Africa news focus on Tuesday: + Syria opposition factions meet in Riyadh -- TOP STORY -- RIYADH: Representatives of Syrian...
View ArticleJihadist Recruits: Misfits, Not Pious Conservatives
Jamie Dettmer BRUSSELS— In the wake of the Paris attacks and the security scare in Belgium, European governments and radicalization experts are once again struggling to understand what is driving young...
View ArticleParis attacks: Who was Hasna Ait Boulahcen?
Hasna Ait Boulahcen, 26, died in a police raid on a Saint-Denis flat alongside the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud. Boulahcen was born and grew up in Clichy-la-Garenne, a...
View ArticleParis attacks: Who was Hasna Aitboulahcen?
French prosecutors have confirmed that Hasna Aitboulahcen, 26, was the woman who died when she blew herself up during a police raid on a flat in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis on Wednesday. The...
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