Mastermind of Paris attacks died in police raid

Jean-Michel Fauvergue, 56, led the tactical RAID police unit during Wednesday morning’s assault on a house in the Paris suburb.

France is part of the coalition, which was launched in September 2014, but conducted its first airstrike in Syria in September 2015.

A USA official briefed on intelligence matters said Abaaoud was a key figure in an Islamic State external operations cell that US intelligence agencies have been tracking for many months. Arguments that there should be a religious test before refugees are admitted or that only Syrian Christians should be allowed in are “offensive” and “contrary to American values”, he said. A consensus is now emerging that the group is more focused on exporting terror than had been widely understood. He said the plane downing, along with recent attacks in Lebanon and Turkey made it clear that more pressure must be brought to bear on the Islamic extremists. “Which exact lists they were on is classified”. “We’re all just going to have to look out for one another”. French investigators have found encrypted apps on the phones, the officials said.

Describing the death of the woman who blew herself up using a suicide belt, Mr Fauvergue said: ” After a long firefight, we heard a loud explosion. But French authorities say their work is far from finished.

But a spokesperson for the Dutch justice ministry said the search for Abdeslam had not expanded to the Netherlands, the news website NU.nl reported. They haven’t found him yet. And the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN that police were searching the mother’s home.

The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris.

They also hunt for the suspected mastermind of the attacks, Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud.

Western intelligence agencies had attempted to track Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian citizen thought to be in Syria, but they weren’t able to locate him, the source told CNN on Tuesday.

“A suicide bomber had just exploded”.

Al-Mohammad died at the Stade de France. Belgian media reported the two were being investigated as potential suppliers of the suicide bombs used in the attacks, since ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer that can be used to make explosives, was discovered in a search of their residence.

At least three people believed linked to Friday’s Paris terror attacks were previously known to Belgian authorities, Belgian prosecutor Eric Van Der Sypt told CNN on Tuesday. Authorities believe the name is fake.

Mohammed Amri, 27, denies any involvement in the Paris attacks and says he went to Paris to collect his friend Salah, according to his defense lawyer Xavier Carrette. “Screw them. We have the champagne!”

– French authorities carried out 128 new security raids overnight, officials said. They put 23 people into custody, 104 under house arrest and seized weapons that include a rocket launcher. Top government officials, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, had been scheduled to attend the game as a sign of defiance. Why did they call off the match? The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive investigation.

– The France-England soccer friendly kicked off under tight security at Wembley Stadium in London.

– Earlier Tuesday, Cameron told Parliament he would try to convince lawmakers to approve airstrikes against ISIS in Syria.

Kerry said there was now a “genuine process with possibilities” to end the war in Syria, which has cost 250,000 lives over almost five years. It has always said its main target is Islamic State, but most of its bombs in the past have hit territory held by other groups opposed to its ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Russian Federation is offering $50 million for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.

“He’s waiting to know if Salah is dead or still on the run”, she said.

French military spokesman Col. Gilles Jaron said the strikes destroyed a command post and training camp and come a day after President François Hollande vowed to forge a united coalition capable of defeating the jihadists at home and overseas.