New arrests in manhunt after Paris massacre, a few accused of supplying bomb

Officials now say one person directly involved the attacks in Paris is unaccounted for. Abaaoud, a Belgian citizen, is believed to have joined the terrorist Islamic State group in 2013, according to the BBC.

French President Francois Hollande will meet Putin in Moscow on November 26, two days after seeing US President Barack Obama in Washington.

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said the authorities are trying to determine what has happened to Abaaoud and identify who was inside the building in the northern suburb of Paris.

The neighbourhood where the raid took place is less than a mile from the Stade de France, one of the targets of Friday’s shootings and suicide bombings, along with a concert hall, bars and restaurants.

– Meanwhile, French warplanes continued to pound the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria.

The older brother of Salah Abdeslam – the man being hunted internationally for his alleged role in the Paris terror attacks last week – urged the suspect Tuesday to turn himself over to authorities.

In his address to French mayors on Wednesday, French President François Hollande said the country would welcome refugees despite concerns about terrorist threats in the wake of the Paris attacks.

Hollande said that he would invest about $53.3 million to develop housing for refugees. NPR’s Michelle Kelemen reports Kerry vowed to destroy the Islamic State and said he thinks that the worldwide community is weeks away from a “big transition in Syria”. He has pledged to hire 5000 more police and introduce other bills that would stiffen jail terms for arms trafficking and make it easier to deport suspected terrorists.

A woman blew herself up and a suspected jihadist was killed during a huge police assault in Paris targeting the suspected mastermind of last week’s attacks in the capital.

The number of soldiers deployed in the country to provide police officers with necessary support is expected to be increased from 220 to 520, the Belgian Le Soir daily reported. The IS group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, claimed responsibility for the attack.

“Serbian officials said that they believe both passports are fake, but added that they are working with French investigators to establish the origin of the documents”, reported The Guardian, citing Serbian police sources.

On Monday, Parisians returned to school and work in a city scarred by its second major terror attack this year.