US Secretary of State Kerry to meet with French President Hollande, condemns

He said the attacks were planned in Syria by IS and “organised” in Belgium.

“The USA and France are not only friends – we are family”, said Kerry, who is due to meet French President Francois Hollande and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday.

“We will defeat Daesh and all who share their despicable ideology, and we will continue to show compassion to those who seek refuge from the violence the terrorists engender”, Kerry said, using another name for the so-called “Islamic State” (IS).

A massive manhunt is still under way for a suspected member of the group, Salah Abdeslam, who was believed to have fled across the border to his native Belgium.

Kerry emphasized the need for the opposition to come together to participate in negotiations and provide maximum access for humanitarian organizations, Kirby said.

“My sense is everybody understands that with Lebanon’s attacks, with what’s happened in Egypt, with Ankara, Turkey and attacks in Paris, we have to step up our efforts to hit them at the core where they’re planning these things and also obviously to do more on borders in terms the movement of people”, Kerry said. “They are in fact psychopathic monsters and there is nothing, nothing civilized about them”.

When Kerry finished speaking, the U.S. Embassy’s main building was lit in the French blue, white and red.

A man pays tribute to the victims of the terror attacks in Paris in Nice, southeastern France, Monday, November 16, 2015.

Abdelhamid Abaoud, 27, lived in the Molenbeek neighbourhood of Brussels, as did two of the attackers, and is now believed to be based in Syria, where he has risen through the ranks of IS.