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Twenty attacks foiled in France 2017

Paris - Arab Today

Twenty attacks were foiled in France last year and no part of the country is free from risk, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said in an interview Monday. On Sunday, France marked the third anniversary of the attack on journalists of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo over the staunchly atheist magazine's satirical coverage of Islam and the prophet Mohammed that killed 11Read more

France marks three years since Charlie Hebdo attack

Paris - Arab Today

French President Emmanuel Macron laid a wreath on Sunday in honour of the slain journalists of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo which faces falling sales and stifling security measures three years after it was attacked. At a low-key commemoration ceremony to mark the January 7, 2015 massacre, Macron was joined by journalists from the magazine, members of his government and theRead more

French police name Charlie Hebdo massacre suspects

Kuwait City - Arab Today

French police have named two brothers as suspects in the attack on the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, as a manhunt continues. They issued photos of Cherif and Said Kouachi, said to be "armed and dangerous", and arrest warrants. A third suspect has surrendered. France is holding a day of mourning for the 12 people killed in theRead more

Police storm 2 hostage sites

Kuwait City - Arab Today

Explosions were heard at a warehouse in Dammartin-en-Goele, where two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo magazine shootings had been holding one hostage. Explosions and gunfire could also be heard at a supermarket in eastern Paris, at Porte de Vincennes, where several hostages were held. Reports suggest a gunman there was linked to the Charlie Hebdo suspects. After the operation started,Read more

Victims of France attacks laid to rest

Kuwait City - Arab Today

rench President Francois Hollande has pledged that his country will "never yield" to "terror" while honouring three police officers killed during the attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper. He pinned France's highest decoration, the Legion of Honour, on coffins draped in flag of France in Paris on Tuesday as the Marseillaise anthem rang out. Seventeen people, including journalists andRead more

France's top Muslim calls for empty churches to be turned

Kuwait City - Arab Today

France’s top Muslim official has reportedly suggested turning empty Catholic churches into mosques, while the Prime Minister has defended the religion by saying there was no link between extremism and Islam. The Mufti of Paris’ Grand Mosque, Dalil Boubakeur, said France needed 5,000 more mosques to accommodate the 5 million Muslims in the country. “It’s a delicate issue, but why not?”Read more

France remembers victims of Charlie attacks

Kuwait City - Arab Today

A ceremony has taken place in central Paris to remember those killed in the Charlie Hebdo attacks a year ago. President Hollande laid a wreath in the Place de la Republique, where a commemorative oak tree was unveiled, and a minute's silence was observed. In the attacks, jihadist gunmen killed 12 people at the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine, four hostages atRead more

Charlie Hebdo gets fresh death threats over Islam cartoon

Paris - Arab Today

French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo said Monday it was pressing charges after receiving fresh death threats against staffers over a cartoon of the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan who faces rape allegations. The provocative magazine, which suffered a deadly jihadist attack in 2015 after publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, depicted Ramadan with a huge erection in its edition last Wednesday,Read more

France Attacks Inquiry Recommends Intelligence Overhaul

Paris - Arab Today

A French inquiry into the terror attacks that rocked Paris in 2015 on Tuesday recommended the fusion of the country's intelligence services after the "global failure" of the country's myriad agencies. The parliamentary inquiry was set up in February to probe possible security failings in the run-up to two major terror attacks in Paris in 2015 that left 147 peopleRead more

France's unpopular Hollande leaves power after 5 hard years

Paris - Arab Today

As president, Francois Hollande steered France through deadly extremist attacks, poured troops into battle abroad and anchored the boldest-ever world agreement to fight global warming. But as he hands power Sunday to his former protege Emmanuel Macron, he may be most remembered for his failure to create jobs and his crushing unpopularity. After a five-year term, Hollande makes way forRead more