France, Russian Federation strike Islamic State in Syria, European Union aid invoked

With nerves jangling across Europe, German police arrested and then released seven people around Aachen, near the Belgian border, and later canceled a Germany-Netherlands soccer match in Hanover, evacuating the stadium shortly before kick-off.

French President Francois Hollande has said he will see Putin and US President Barack Obama in the coming days to try to convince them to join a grand coalition against Islamic State which controls swathes of Syria and Iraq. But he also said, “we are still working through with Russian Federation and Iran the question of Assad and his role”.

Obama was quoted by the NY Times as saying.

Police on Tuesday found a second vehicle rented in Belgium by Salah, while his brother was found to have rented an apartment in the Parisian suburb of Bobigny a few days before the attack.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed terrorists for the air crash in Egypt that killed 224 people and has vowed to step up military strikes in Syria to punish those who carried out “one of the bloodiest crimes” against Russians.

“Actions speak louder than words, and I think… we’re just not ready to… make a call right now that would say they’ve changed their calculus in terms of what they’re hitting”, Kirby added.

The FSB security service swiftly announced a $50 million bounty in a global manhunt for the bombers.

Bortnikov said that a homemade bomb with the explosive equivalent of as much as 2.2 pounds of TNT had been smuggled onto the plane.

The two will further discuss the fight against terrorism in a meeting in Moscow on November 26, the Kremlin said.

The Airbus disappeared 23 minutes after leaving Sharm el-Sheikh airport en-route to St Petersburg and crashed on October 31.

The dramatic bombing of Raqqa, a Syrian city declared the center of ISIS’s caliphate, saw several buildings destroyed, including a stadium and a museum being used as jails and headquarters. The Airbus A321, operated by Metrojet, had been returning Russian holiday makers from the Egyptian resort to St Petersburg when it broke up over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all on board.

These “direct action” operations may be stepped up when the Pentagon completes its plan to deploy up to 50 Special Forces troops into Syria, to work with Arab and Kurdish forces there. “It must be intensified in such a way that the criminals understand that retribution is inevitable”.

On Tuesday evening, Putin visited the defence ministry’s command centre in Moscow, to hear reports from military chiefs about what they were doing to implement his orders.

The United States and Russian Federation have been waging separate air campaigns in civil war-torn Syria.

Syrian targets hit by Russian long-range bombers and cruise missiles on Tuesday included the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa. “Russia and France are determined to continue joint anti-terror efforts and to fight for the victory of freedom”, he said.

Cook said it was still possible that the United States would include Russian Federation in its coalition against the Islamic State – which Washington claims already has 65 nations. “Russian Federation … is now beginning to say to itself that DAESH is also its enemy and has to be hit”. “People are trying as much as they can to get a permit to leave”.

When asked if there was something Trump would do “here in the homeland” to protect against attacks like the one in Paris over the weekend that killed more than 100 people, he responded, “Well, you’re going to have to watch and study the mosques because a lot of talk is going on at the mosques”.

Russia, which in September began launching airstrikes against armed opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government, also launched air attacks on the city on Tuesday. “That the stance that the real battle with Islamic State can only be resolved once the fate of Assad is clear, that this position will put to one side”, said Mr Lavrov.