Tag Archives: France

France

| August 21, 2014

French ex-hostage of ISIL ‘knows’ James Foley’s killer

France

| August 20, 2014

Foreign Minister Fabius warned that the Islamic State’s ambitions extend beyond the Middle East, and said France wants the UN Security Council nations as well as countries in the region to join the fight against the Islamic State. President Hollande said the world security situation was at its gravest since 2001, and called for an […]

France

| August 18, 2014

Eight men armed with Kalashnikovs ambushed a Saudi Embassy convoy as it headed to Bourget airport outside Paris. The attackers stole a vehicle, a suitcase filled with 250,000 euros, and allegedly “sensitive” diplomatic documents, but did not harm the members of the convoy, including an unnamed Saudi prince.

France

| August 17, 2014

UK prime minister: Our generational struggle against a poisonous ideology

France

| August 13, 2014

President Hollande promised that “in the coming hours” France will deliver weapons to Kurdish forces in Iraq fighting the Islamic State. Interior Minister Cazeneuve said nearly 900 French citizens have traveled to Iraq or Syria to fight, and that some of them have joined the Islamic State.

France

| August 9, 2014

President Hollande’s office said France would soon beginning delivering first aid supplies to civilian victims of the Islamic State in Iraq. A French diplomatic source yesterday said France might offer technical support to Kurdistan forces but not military assistance.

Austria

| August 8, 2014

Antisemitism on rise across Europe ‘in worst times since the Nazis’

France

| August 7, 2014

Hollande Pledges French ‘Support’ for Forces Fighting Iraq Jihadists

France

| August 2, 2014

French police arrested a 37-year-old French-Moroccan jihadist at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, shortly after the man arrived from Istanbul after being expelled by Turkish authorities. The Arles native was allegedly conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in France.

Africa

| July 31, 2014

Interactive: France’s new game plan to counter jihadism in Africa

France

| July 28, 2014

Gaza Conflict Seen as Providing Cover for Anti-Semitic Attacks in France

France

| July 9, 2014

A French media report based on leaked documents indicated that suspect Ali M., an Algerian butcher in Vaucluse, corresponded for a year with a senior member of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb over a plot to bomb the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and a nuclear power plant; he was arrested in June before he […]

France

| July 8, 2014

France set to prevent jihadists going to fight or train abroad

France

| July 7, 2014

Abderazak Cherif, a Frenchman of Tunisian origin from Nice, told news media that his 17-year-old son left the Al Nusrah Front in Syria and crossed the Turkish border to rejoin his father; Cherif’s older son is still in Syria fighting with rebels. The 17-year-old was arrested on his return for belonging to a terrorist group […]