Belgium charges two with terrorism over Paris attacks

The decree gives the authorities the power to set curfews, limit the movement of people, forbid mass gatherings and close public spaces. Media in Belgium said Abaaoud had been involved in a series of planned attacks in Belgium foiled by the police last January.

His comments came as the manhunt around the attacks continued, with French authorities as of Monday having detained at least 23 individuals suspected of a few level of involvement. Paris was neither “a one-off event” nor “the only operation that ISIL has in the pipeline”, he said. “And so I would anticipate this is not the only operation that ISIL has in the pipeline”, he said.

Beginning his speech with the words “France is at war”, Hollande declared “we will defeat terrorism”.

His lawyer, Nathalie Gallant, said Mohammed Abdeslam “didn’t make the same life choice” as his brothers and had not been “tempted into jihadism”.

An Islamic State (IS) jihadi has been named as the alleged ringleader of the Paris attacks, as questions mounted about how the terrorists evaded detection.

“We believe they were planning an attack in Istanbul on the same day as the Paris attacks” on Friday, the official said on condition of anonymity. “The state didn’t follow this up”.

“My family and I are moved by what happened”. It specifically identified Washington. French, from Drancy, Saint Denis, north of Paris.

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French President Francois Hollande appealed on Monday for a single coalition including the United States and Russian Federation to eradicate Islamic State militants in Syria after bloody attacks on Paris, APA reports quoting Reuters. Six of the Paris attackers spent time in Syria, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV in France.

A major police raid in the impoverished immigrant district of Molenbeek in western Brussels targeting Salah ended without any arrests on Monday.

With emotions running high, thousands paused in the streets of Paris for a minute’s silence to remember those killed at nightspots and at the national stadium in the worst-ever attack on French soil.

– A black Seat and a black Volkswagen Polo, which is registered in Belgium, appear to be two cars used in the Paris attacks.

The man stopped in Greece in October was carrying a Syrian passport in the name of Ahmad Al Mohammad. He managed to slip out of France and join Isil in Syria in September 2013, and he became the subject of an global arrest warrant.

Europe’s intelligence agencies missed a series of key clues before Friday night’s attacks in Paris that allowed the eight terrorists who carried out the atrocities to pass under the radar of security services. Ismael Mostefai, 29 and also from France, was also identified as a suspect.

– European officials believe professional terrorists are joining migrant voyages.

“In my determination to combat terrorism, I want France to remain itself”, said Hollande.

He also mades pledges to increase budgets for security forces and the army.

The president also announced a tripling on his country’s strike capapcty in the area, after an aircraft carrier departed Charles de Gaulle for the eastern Mediterranean.

“Even as we grieve with our French friends… we can’t lose sight that there has been progress”, Obama said at a Group of 20 summit, ruling out sending in ground troops.

US Secretary of State John Kerry flew to France as a gesture of solidarity and met Mr Hollande and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday.

In retaliation, the French Air Force carried out bombing missions over IS’s stronghold in Syria Raqqa on Sunday and Monday against strategic targets.