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• U.N. move boosts British PM bid for Syria air strikes: envoy
• Dozens dead in heaviest east Syria strikes since war began: monitor
• UN vote shows world united against IS 'evil death cult': UK PM
• UN approves 'all necessary measures' to fight IS
• UN approves resolution urging action against Islamic State
• UN, EU move to toughen anti-IS fight after Paris attacks
• Militants may have spent as little as $7,500 on Paris attacks
• Carson says safe zones in Syria better than refuge in US
• 1 week after attacks, defiant Parisians honor the dead
• US says strike in Iraq 'likely' killed four civilians
• U.N. calls on states to combat militants in Syria and Iraq
• Mali hotel attack puts veteran militant back in spotlight
• From DC to Tennessee: Ripple effects of Paris attacks
• The Latest: Belgium charges 3rd person in Paris attacks
• Terrorism Fears Rise Post-Paris; Most Back Force, Oppose Refugees (POLL)
• In rare admission, U.S. says civilians killed in Iraq strike
• At summit, Obama to defend slow-and-steady strategy on Islamic State
• Nine killed south of Baghdad in bombing claimed by Islamic State
• US military probe concludes civilian deaths in Iraq strike
• Tapped phone led Paris attack leader to his death
• Bus driver who turned Paris attacker skipped police watch
• More attacks likely, targeting anti-IS coalition states: expert
• Denmark's 'soft' model for deradicalising jihadists
• Merkel berated over refugee policy by Bavarian ally
• Airstrikes hurt, but don't halt, IS oil smuggling operations
• U.N. to hold March summit to resettle, place millions of Syrians
• Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on the Issues You Care About
• Kuwait arrests six men alleged to have been helping ISIS
• After stumble, Canada's Trudeau glides through first world trip
• US military probe concludes US airstrike in Iraq killed 4 civilians, possibly including child
• Crisis role boost for France's Hollande may not last long
• Germany investigates if Algerian migrant knew of Paris attacks
• France hits back at Russia over Syria bombing campaign
• World leaders must do more to recover Nigeria's missing girls-activist
• UN set to vote on 'all necessary measures' to fight IS
• Russian, Syrian, jets bomb Islamic State-held eastern Syria: monitor
• US House OK of Syrian refugee curbs is just start of fight
• CNN reporter suspended for opinionated tweet
• EU states resist moves towards joint intelligence work
• Brother of suspected Paris attack mastermind arrested in Morocco: source

U.N. move boosts British PM bid for Syria air strikes: envoy Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:45 PM PST British Prime Minister David Cameron's bid to start air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria could be bolstered by a U.N. Security Council resolution adopted on Friday calling on able states to fight the militants, said Britain's U.N envoy. "It's a call to action to member states that have the capacity to do so to take all necessary measures against (Islamic State) and other terrorist groups," British U.N. Ambassador Matthew Rycroft told reporters. "I think that is a powerful part of the case that the prime minister is setting out in terms of the British role in Syria and elsewhere," he said.

Dozens dead in heaviest east Syria strikes since war began: monitor Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:37 PM PST Russia pounded the jihadist group in Syria, firing cruise missiles from warships in the Caspian Sea after President Vladimir Putin vowed retaliation for a bombing that brought down a Russian airliner in Egypt last month. In the United Nations, member states backed a motion calling for action against Islamic State a week after the Paris attacks, the worst on French soil also claimed by the jihadist group based in Syria and Iraq. "At least 36 people were killed and dozens more injured in more than 70 raids carried out by Russian and Syrian planes against several districts in Deir Ezzor," Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group told AFP.

UN vote shows world united against IS 'evil death cult': UK PM Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:36 PM PST The unanimous UN Security Council vote on Friday backing action against Islamic State shows the world is united against the "evil death cult", British Prime Minister David Cameron said. The United Nations Security Council authorised countries to "take all necessary measures" to fight the jihadist group, in a resolution a week after the Paris attacks that claimed 130 lives. Cameron called the vote on the French-drafted text an "important moment".

UN approves 'all necessary measures' to fight IS Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:35 PM PST The UN Security Council on Friday authorized countries to "take all necessary measures" to fight the Islamic State group in a resolution that won unanimous backing a week after the Paris attacks. The measure drafted by France calls on all UN member states to "redouble and coordinate their efforts to prevent and suppress terrorist attacks" committed by IS and other extremist groups linked to Al-Qaeda. French President Francois Hollande welcomed the adoption, saying the resolution would "help mobilise nations to eliminate Daesh" (IS), which has claimed responsibility for the attacks that left 130 dead in Paris.

UN approves resolution urging action against Islamic State Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:31 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a French-sponsored resolution Friday calling on all nations to redouble and coordinate action to prevent further attacks by Islamic State terrorists and other extremist groups.

UN, EU move to toughen anti-IS fight after Paris attacks Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:11 PM PST The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously backed a resolution aimed at broadening the fight against the Islamic State group as Europe agreed to tighten border checks, a week after the Paris attacks. The vote in New York on the text drafted by France came hours after gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Mali's capital Bamako, taking dozens of people hostage that ended around nine hours later with at least 27 dead. The attack on the luxury Radisson Blu hotel added to fears about the global jihadist threat a week after the Paris massacre that left 130 people dead, although there was no immediate confirmation of a link with IS.

Militants may have spent as little as $7,500 on Paris attacks Posted: 20 Nov 2015 04:01 PM PST The militants who killed 130 people in Paris, triggering waves of air strikes on Syria and security alerts around the world, may have spent as little as around 7,000 euros ($7,500) to stage their attacks. World leaders scrambled to crack down on terrorist financing after the Nov. 13 assaults, which have been claimed by Islamic State in retaliation for strikes on Iraq and Syria. Within days, France and Belgium announced 1 billion euros worth of additional security measures.

Carson says safe zones in Syria better than refuge in US Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:09 PM PST CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican Ben Carson said Friday that creating safe zones in Syria and establishing a coalition government in the war-torn nation are better ways to deal with Syrian refugees than resettling them in the United States.

1 week after attacks, defiant Parisians honor the dead Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:03 PM PST PARIS (AP) — A week after the deadliest attacks on France in decades, shell-shocked Parisians honored the 130 victims with candles and songs Friday, knowing that at least one suspect is still at large and fearing that other militants could be slipping through Europe's porous borders.

US says strike in Iraq 'likely' killed four civilians Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:00 PM PST Four civilians, including possibly a child, were "likely" killed in a US air strike against an Islamic State group checkpoint in Iraq in March, an investigation released Friday found. It marks only the second such acknowledgement since the start of a coalition air campaign in Iraq and Syria. In November 2014, the US military admitted accidentally killing two children during a strike in Syria.

U.N. calls on states to combat militants in Syria and Iraq Posted: 20 Nov 2015 02:50 PM PST By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - All able states should join the fight against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and redouble efforts to prevent further attacks by the militant group, the United Nations Security Council said on Friday. The 15-member council unanimously adopted a resolution drafted by France in the wake of a series of deadly attacks in Paris a week ago that killed 130 people and were claimed by Islamic State. "The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Daesh), constitutes a global and unprecedented threat to international peace and security," the resolution said.

Mali hotel attack puts veteran militant back in spotlight Posted: 20 Nov 2015 02:48 PM PST By Matthew Mpoke Bigg ACCRA (Reuters) - The deadly attack on a hotel in Mali's capital on Friday claimed by two radical Islamist groups has put veteran militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar back in the spotlight months after he was reported killed. U.S. military officials said he was targeted, only for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) to deny four days later that he was dead. "He (Belmokhtar) has been wanted by several countries for a long time and he is probably behind this attack," French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told TF1 television.

From DC to Tennessee: Ripple effects of Paris attacks Posted: 20 Nov 2015 02:40 PM PST One week after terror struck in Paris, the attacks dominate the US political debate as President Barack Obama struggles to calm "hysteria" targeting Syria refugees and Muslims, and his adversaries slam his anti-jihadist strategy as too little, too late. The Republican and Democratic parties, each pressing their own agenda, have seized on the deadly attacks to call for reforms on US policies ranging from refugees, immigration and military strategy in the Middle East to intelligence sharing, firearms and more. On the night of the Paris assault, ultra-conservative Republican White House hopeful Senator Ted Cruz started calling for closing America's doors to Syrian refugees in order to prevent any infiltration by Islamic State extremists.

The Latest: Belgium charges 3rd person in Paris attacks Posted: 20 Nov 2015 02:18 PM PST BRUSSELS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local):

Terrorism Fears Rise Post-Paris; Most Back Force, Oppose Refugees (POLL) Posted: 20 Nov 2015 01:55 PM PST With terrorism fears near a post-9/11 high in a new ABC News-Washington Post poll, majorities of Americans back increased use of military force, including ground forces, against the Islamic State, and more than half oppose admitting Mideast refugees to the United States. Seventy-three percent support increased U.S. air strikes against the Islamic State, or ISIS, and 60 percent back more ground forces, double the level of support for ground forces from summer 2014. One reason: Eighty-one percent see a major terrorist attack in the United States in the near future as likely, a level of anxiety that has been higher just once since 9/11.

In rare admission, U.S. says civilians killed in Iraq strike Posted: 20 Nov 2015 01:49 PM PST By Yeganeh Torbati and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. air strike that targeted an Islamic State checkpoint in Iraq in March likely killed four civilians, one of whom may have been a child, the U.S. military said on Friday in a rare statement acknowledging the death of civilians. An investigation of the March 13 strike found the checkpoint was a legitimate target, that "all reasonable measures" were taken to avoid unintended deaths and the presence of civilians could not be detected until after the warplane had launched its weapons.

At summit, Obama to defend slow-and-steady strategy on Islamic State Posted: 20 Nov 2015 01:16 PM PST President Obama says the summit of Southeast Asian nations he's attending in Malaysia this weekend will focus on countering Islamist extremism in the wake of the Islamic State's attacks in Paris last week. Instead, Mr. Obama will use his time in a Muslim-majority country that has prospered while keeping Islamist extremism in check to highlight what he sees that countries like Malaysia are doing right. Recommended: How much do you know about the Islamic State?

Nine killed south of Baghdad in bombing claimed by Islamic State Posted: 20 Nov 2015 01:13 PM PST At least nine people were killed in bomb attacks claimed by Islamic State on a Shi'ite Muslim mosque south of Baghdad on Friday, police and medics said. The militant group, which controls large swathes of northern and western Iraq, said in an online statement it had targeted "rejectionists", as the group refers to Shi'ites. A roadside bomb planted near the mosque in Yousifiya went off as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing two civilians and wounding nine, the sources said.

US military probe concludes civilian deaths in Iraq strike Posted: 20 Nov 2015 12:54 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. air attack on an Islamic State checkpoint in Iraq in March probably killed four civilians, possibly including a child, according to findings released Friday from a U.S. military investigation.

Tapped phone led Paris attack leader to his death Posted: 20 Nov 2015 12:43 PM PST By Leigh Thomas and Gerard Bon PARIS (Reuters) - Police watched the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks being led by a woman into an apartment the evening before both died there in a raid by special forces, a police source said on Friday. After a tip-off from Morocco that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, one of Islamic State's most high-profile European recruits, was in France, police honed in on Hasna Aitboulahcen, a woman already under surveillance who was known to have links to him. Police tapping her phone as part of a drugs investigation tracked her to the St. Denis suburb north of Paris, also home to the stadium where three suicide bombers blew themselves up during last Friday's attacks that killed 130 people.

Bus driver who turned Paris attacker skipped police watch Posted: 20 Nov 2015 12:24 PM PST By Chine Labbé, Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Matthias Blamont PARIS/DRANCY, France (Reuters) - One of the attackers who blew himself up in Paris's Bataclan concert hall had missed at least four weekly check-ins with French police who were investigating him on suspicion of terrorism-related activity. By the time an international arrest warrant went out in 2013, Samy Amimour was likely already in Syria. As police investigate the attacks that killed 129 people, the revelation that at least one perpetrator slipped through the hands of authorities has exposed what some describe as flaws in France's procedures to track militant suspects, in particular the system of "judicial supervision".

More attacks likely, targeting anti-IS coalition states: expert Posted: 20 Nov 2015 12:18 PM PST The Paris attacks of November 13 may mark the start of a campaign of terror by jihadists targeting countries taking part in the coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, experts warn. For the moment, the air strikes targeting IS strongholds in Syria and Iraq have not reached the Islamist group's leadership-in-hiding, and the campaign will need to be intensified in order to seriously weaken the network, they say.

Denmark's 'soft' model for deradicalising jihadists Posted: 20 Nov 2015 11:34 AM PST The Danish city of Aarhus has drawn global attention for its "soft-hands" approach to battling the radicalisation of young Muslims with social techniques used in gang exit strategies. The November 13 Paris attacks, carried out by young European jihadists, have highlighted the threat posed to Europe by radicalised youths. In the Aarhus initiative, most efforts focus on prevention but authorities also work with returning jihadists to deradicalise them.Anyone can be referred to the city's anti-radicalisation team by family members, friends or police, social workers and youth club leaders.

Merkel berated over refugee policy by Bavarian ally Posted: 20 Nov 2015 11:31 AM PST German Chancellor Angela Merkel came under fire on Friday for her welcoming refugee policy from her powerful Bavarian coalition ally, who demanded she cap arrivals "in the national interest". Bavarian state premier Horst Seehofer berated Merkel's open-door policy as the chancellor stood on stage beside him at a Munich congress attended by some 1,000 members of his conservative CSU party. "We want control and order, but we also want a limit -- in the national interest," said Seehofer, whose state bordering Austria has become Germany's main gateway for people fleeing wars in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Airstrikes hurt, but don't halt, IS oil smuggling operations Posted: 20 Nov 2015 11:10 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — The United States and Russia are going after the Islamic State group's oil industry, destroying refineries and hundreds of tanker trucks transporting oil from eastern Syria in a heavy bombardment in recent days aiming to break the extremists' biggest source of income.

U.N. to hold March summit to resettle, place millions of Syrians Posted: 20 Nov 2015 11:05 AM PST By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday announced plans for a summit in March on resettling millions of people who have fled Syria as he expressed concern at "misplaced suspicions about migrants and refugees." Some 4.2 million Syrians have escaped the country's nearly five-year civil war to neighboring Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency. Hundreds of thousands of those Syrians have streamed into Europe this year. After deadly attacks in Paris a week ago by Islamic State, some politicians in Europe and North America have warned that countries face big risks by admitting refugees without rigorously determining if any could be dangerous extremists.

Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on the Issues You Care About Posted: 20 Nov 2015 10:36 AM PST With a little less than a year to go until Election Day, 2016 style, the field of nominee-wannabes continues to get smaller. But with 18 people running for president, it's still a crowded field. How do you know which person lines up best with your views on the most important issues?

Kuwait arrests six men alleged to have been helping ISIS Posted: 20 Nov 2015 10:28 AM PST In what has become a global effort across the world to crack down on Islamic State (IS), Kuwait has arrested six men suspected of belonging to an IS terror cell that included Kuwaitis, Syrians, Australians, and a Egyptian. According to Kuwait's Interior Ministry, a Lebanese-born Syrian named Osama Mohammed Saeed Khaiyat confessed to supplying Islamic State with ammunition and rockets through Ukraine. Recommended: How much do you know about the Islamic State?

After stumble, Canada's Trudeau glides through first world trip Posted: 20 Nov 2015 10:12 AM PST By David Ljunggren MANILA (Reuters) - New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau started his first international trip with a stumble before recovering to impress world leaders keen to bask in the success of his big election win last month. The 43-year-old with film-star looks was the center of attention at a Group of 20 summit in Turkey and a meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in Manila, where he survived a mobbing by enthusiastic onlookers. While he was in Turkey, Trudeau was criticized in Canada for what was considered a muted response to the deadly Paris attacks and for posing for selfies requested by businessmen at the summit.

US military probe concludes US airstrike in Iraq killed 4 civilians, possibly including child Posted: 20 Nov 2015 09:36 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — US military probe concludes US airstrike in Iraq killed 4 civilians, possibly including child.

Crisis role boost for France's Hollande may not last long Posted: 20 Nov 2015 09:10 AM PST By Tom Heneghan PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande saw his approval ratings jump after his firm handling of the Charlie Hebdo killings in January and may find them rising again in the next popularity poll after last week's Paris massacre. Decisiveness on the diplomatic and military front might actually hurt him by casting a spotlight on his disappointing record at home, where he has not been able to significantly dent France's high unemployment or budget deficit. "We'll certainly see a rise in popularity," political scientist Pascal Perrineau said after Hollande ordered French fighter jets to bomb Islamic State's bastion of Raqqa in Iraq in response to the bloody attacks it claimed as its own.

Germany investigates if Algerian migrant knew of Paris attacks Posted: 20 Nov 2015 08:48 AM PST Germany's top prosecutor is investigating whether an Algerian man detained at a refugee center last week knew in advance about the Paris attacks but failed to tell the authorities, officials said on Friday. Staff were looking into allegations the man told Syrian refugees in the western town of Arnsberg that fear and terror would be spread in the French capital, the federal public prosecutor's office said. "We've taken the lead in the investigation ... Further investigation will show if the accusations are really true," a spokesman for the federal prosecutor added.

France hits back at Russia over Syria bombing campaign Posted: 20 Nov 2015 08:47 AM PST By John Irish and Vladimir Soldatkin PARIS/MOSCOW (Reuters) - France dismissed Russian suggestions on Friday its air strikes against oil installations in Syria were illegal, saying they were "an appropriate and necessary riposte" to attacks by Islamic State. President Francois Hollande will travel to Moscow on Nov. 26 as part of an effort to create a grand coalition to fight Islamic State, despite differences over the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose key backers are Russia and Iran.

World leaders must do more to recover Nigeria's missing girls-activist Posted: 20 Nov 2015 08:41 AM PST By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign urged world leaders on Friday to do more to help hunt down Boko Haram militants and rescue hundreds of schoolgirls abducted in northeastern Nigeria more than a year ago. Obiageli Ezekwesili, a former Nigerian education minister and World Bank vice president, said she believed the girls were safe, despite militants' videos claiming to have converted them to Islam and married them off to their captors. The day we stop hoping, we all die," Ezekwesili told delegates at the Women in the World Summit in the Indian capital, adding that there was no real evidence to suggest the girls would not return home.

UN set to vote on 'all necessary measures' to fight IS Posted: 20 Nov 2015 08:13 AM PST The UN Security Council will vote later Friday on a French-drafted resolution that would authorize countries to "take all necessary measures" to fight the Islamic State group. The vote on the resolution at the 15-member council will take place one week after the devastating Paris attacks that left at least 130 dead and was claimed by IS extremists. The draft resolution does not provide any legal basis for military action and does not invoke chapter seven of the UN charter that authorizes the use of force.

Russian, Syrian, jets bomb Islamic State-held eastern Syria: monitor Posted: 20 Nov 2015 07:39 AM PST Russian and Syrian warplanes launched dozens of air strikes on Islamic State-held areas of eastern Syria on Friday, after the group's fighters staged an assault on an air base near the city of Deir al-Zor, a monitoring group said. In at least 50 bombing raids, towns across Deir al-Zor province, including near the Iraqi border, were hit and dozens of vehicles and fuel oil tankers were destroyed, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Syrian government control is limited to an air base and part of Deir al-Zor city.

US House OK of Syrian refugee curbs is just start of fight Posted: 20 Nov 2015 07:35 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have embarrassed President Barack Obama by winning veto-proof House approval of legislation blocking Syrian and Iraqi refugees from the U.S., but from here the effort may take a different turn in Congress.

CNN reporter suspended for opinionated tweet Posted: 20 Nov 2015 07:18 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — CNN correspondent Elise Labott has been suspended for two weeks after tweeting that the Statue of Liberty "bows head in anguish" following House passage of a bill making it tougher for refugees from Syria and Iraq to enter the United States.

EU states resist moves towards joint intelligence work Posted: 20 Nov 2015 07:16 AM PST By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU interior ministers agreed on Friday to share more information about European nationals who return after fighting in Iraq or Syria, but failed to commit to any wider co-ordination of intelligence services following the Paris attacks. The suspected mastermind of the attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, had mocked frontier controls and boasted of the ease with which he could move between Syria to his Belgian homeland and the rest of Europe. Ahead of the extraordinary meeting of EU interior and justice ministers in Brussels, the bloc's Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said the EU executive would propose a joint "European intelligence agency".

Brother of suspected Paris attack mastermind arrested in Morocco: source Posted: 20 Nov 2015 07:00 AM PST By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan authorities last month arrested Yassine Abaaoud, a younger brother of the suspected Islamic State mastermind of the Paris attacks after he arrived in his father's hometown of Agadir, a Moroccan security source said on Friday. Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian militant of Moroccan origin, 28, is believed to have orchestrated last week's coordinated bombings and shootings that killed 129 people. Yassine was arrested last month after his plane landed in Agadir and has been held in custody since, a Moroccan security source, who declined to be named, told Reuters.

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