'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...
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View ArticleHasna Aït Boulahcen: 'party girl' who became Paris suicide bomber
Friends and relatives describe how 26 year old was into boyfriends, drinking and dancing, but suddenly adopted strict Islamic dress months ago...
View ArticleParis attacks 'ringleader' killed in police raid
Paris (AFP) - The Islamic State jihadist suspected of orchestrating the Paris attacks was killed in a major police raid in the French capital, prosecutors confirmed, raising troubling questions about a...
View ArticleEU ministers to discuss border controls after Paris attacks
Brussels (AFP) - EU ministers hold emergency talks Friday on tightening border checks after the killing of the ringleader of the Paris attacks in an apartment in the French capital raised troubling...
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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 ArticleFrench police raid home of suspected female suicide bomber
Aulnay-sous-Bois (France) (AFP) - French police investigating the Paris attacks on Thursday raided the home of the mother of a woman believed to have blown herself up during a massive police operation...
View ArticleHasna Ait Boulahcen: French 'cowgirl' turned suspected suicide bomber
Aulnay-sous-Bois, France: 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...
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...
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View ArticleShepherd beheading adds to woes of neglected corner of Tunisia
The beheading of a young shepherd by jihadists has aroused anger and frustration in Tunisia's Sidi Bouzid where extremist violence has compounded the woes of an impoverished region. Mabrouk Soltani,...
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...
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View ArticleDead Brussels gunman wanted to be ISIS suicide bomber
PARIS — The Algerian gunman newly linked to the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris after being killed by police joined the Islamic State group in 2014 and told the extremists he wanted to die as a suicide...
View ArticleOfficial: Slain man likely was Paris fugitive's accomplice
BRUSSELS (AP) Belgian authorities say a man shot dead earlier this week as he prepared to fire on police "most probably" was an...
View ArticleMan killed in Brussels raid 'accomplice of Paris attacks fugitive'
Belgian authorities say a man shot dead earlier this week as he prepared to fire on police "most probably" was an accomplice of...
View ArticleParis attacks top fugitive Abdeslam arrested in Brussels raid
BRUSSELS: The main fugitive from Islamic extremist attacks in Paris in November, Salah Abdeslam, has been arrested in Belgium's capital after four months at large, French police officials said on...
View ArticleGunman killed in Brussels 'joined Islamic State in 2014'
The Algerian gunman newly-linked to the November 13 attacks in Paris after being killed by police joined the Islamic State group in 2014 and told the extremists he wanted to die as a suicide bomber,...
View ArticleDead Brussels gunman sought IS suicide mission
The Algerian gunman newly linked to the November 13 attacks in Paris after being killed by police joined the Islamic State group in 2014 and told the extremists he wanted to die as a suicide bomber,...
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