François Hollande asks Germany to do more in fight against Islamic State

The German Luftwaffe (air force) would help by using their Tornado jets to gather intelligence on Isis and by offering French planes air-to-air refuelling, sources told Politico.eu.

The French president comes to Moscow with intent to make progress on three priority issues: to prevent Syrian President Bashar Assad from targeting civilians, to focus the airstrikes on ISIS militants – not the moderate Syrian opposition – and to make progress toward a process of political transition in Syria.

Germany will do more in the fight against Islamic State militants, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.

“Germany stands at France’s side in the fight against terror”, Merkel said in an address to the lower house of parliament.

Otte said that “the ISIS can only be defeated militarily, therefore no idea must be ruled out as we engage in the fight against Islamist terrorism”.

Hollande said it would “be a very good signal in the fight against terrorism” if Germany could do more against IS in Syria and Iraq.

“We have a responsibility, we have in particular a duty”, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told the deputies, referring to the military intervention in Syria, Xinhua news agency reported.

Despite the easing of restrictions, Brussels — home to the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation headquarters — remained under the highest alert level due to what authorities have described as a serious and imminent threat of attack. His other brother, Mohamed, appealed on French media Wednesday for his fugitive sibling to surrender to police. Brahim Abdeslam blew himself up in front of a Paris cafe, and Salah Abdeslam is believed to have been another potential bomber but escaped the scene.

He said his brothers had shown no signs of radicalization.

The call came during Hollande’s visit to Moscow to try to unite France, the U.S. and Russian Federation on a response to the Paris attacks that killed 130 people.

In the wake of France’s worst terrorist attacks, Hollande held a series of meetings with major countries’ leaders to seek support for building a “a strong and global” diplomatic front to beat IS.

Aside from the iconic landmarks, support was also seen online with the hashtag #PrayforParis as well as changing profile pictures with the colors of France on Facebook.

The government had agreed on “difficult but correct and necessary steps”, said von der Leyen at a press conference in the Reichstag building, flanked by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

He said 120,000 police, gendarmes and soldiers are deployed across the country to assure France’s security.