French President Boosts Security Forces After Paris Attacks, Saying ‘France Is

“We are going to live with this terrorist threat for a long time”.

French jets bombed Islamic State targets for a second day, destroying a command center and a training site at the terror group’s stronghold in Raqqa, Syria.

Saleh Abdeslam, the French citizen sought by authorities for his suspected involvement in the attacks, was not arrested, the department said.

Hollande said France was open for a dialogue with all interested parties – Iran, Turkey, Persian Gulf states.

In his first public comments since 129 were killed in the coordinated assault on the French capital, Carter said the attacks had “galvanised” France into taking bolder action against Isis and cooperating further with the United States and that he hoped it would have the same effect on other European partners.

Speaking in an interview on the RTL radio station, Mr Valls said: “France was not only attacked because we hit Daesh (Isis), but because we are France”.

“France is at war”, Hollande told a solemn joint session of parliament at the Palace of Versailles on Monday, promising to increase funds for national security and strengthen anti-terrorism laws in response to the attacks.

“France can not act alone in these theaters”, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said during a meeting on Tuesday with fellow defense ministers in Brussels.

Brahim Abdeslam was one of the suicide attackers in Paris, and his brother Salah is being hunted by police.

8,000: The number of airstrikes the USA and its allies have carried out against ISIS since launching the campaign in August 2014.

But he said that Western nations were wasting their resources trying to track him down and that arrests made after he escaped Belgium and returned to Syria proved the authorities were on entirely the wrong track.

A fourth attacker was identified from the Bataclan massacre as Samy Amimour, 28, the Paris prosecutors office announced.

Among those killed in Friday’s attacks was a 23-year-old USA exchange student, Nohemi Gonzalez, who was dining at a restaurant fired upon by gunmen.

The French leader confirmed that the official Paris saw IS as its main enemy in Syria, and said that on November 19 the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle would leave its home port in France to join the operation in Syria.

Seven people are in custody in Belgium suspected of links to the attacks and an worldwide arrest warrant has been issued for a Belgian-born Frenchman believed involved in the attacks and who is still at large.