Tag Archives: France

Six people were arrested after about 250 people clashed with police in the Parisian suburb of Trappes last night. Four policemen were injured and a boy suffered an eye injury from a projectile in the clash, which lasted for several hours. The demonstrators had gathered outside the Trappes police station, throwing stones and destroying property […]

Two French journalists thought to have been kidnapped in Syria near Aleppo in early June are said to be alive. Defense Minister LeDrian said France is “doing everything possible to ensure that they are freed soon.” A group of 29 Greenpeace activists were arrested in southern France after they entered a nuclear facility in Tricastin, […]

A French radio station has established a support committee to help secure the release of of two French journalists kidnapped in Syria near Aleppo last month. The technical director of the General Directorate of External Security, which collects electronic data from computers and telephones in France as well as the flow of signals between France […]

Police arrested six members of a suspected Islamist terror cell in raids across Paris. Four of the suspects are French nationals, one is from Benin, and the other is from the Comoros; all were previously known to the police for “serious delinquency.”

Foreign Minister Fabius said France wants to talk to the Syrian rebels more before deciding to arm them and will not reach a decision on the issue before Aug. 1. France is reportedly considering providing sophisticated weapons training and intelligence to the rebel Supreme Military Council in addition to the nonlethal aid France currently provides, […]

An exhibition called “Death” at the Jeu de Paume museum of contemporary art in Paris is displaying photographs of Palestinian suicide bombers. The bombers featured are mainly from three groups banned by the EU for terrorism: the Fatah-affiliated al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, Hamas’ Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. […]

French police arrested a 22-year-old follower of “radical Islam” for the recent attempted murder of a French soldier in Paris. The suspect, identified as “Alexandre D.,” was filmed praying a Muslim prayer before stabbing the soldier several times in the throat. The crime is being treated as a terrorist act.