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#ParisAttacks #eenvandaag. Huffingtonpost. The road not travelled: Syria offered US a partnership to stop ISIS as early as Feb 2010. How the EU, led by Sweden and the UK, fueled the rise of #ISIS. Political author Gearoid O Colmain discusses the Paris attacks with RT International. What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters. No sooner am I settled in an interviewing room in the police station of Kirkuk, Iraq, than the first prisoner I am there to see is brought in, flanked by two policemen and in handcuffs.

What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters

I awkwardly rise, unsure of the etiquette involved in interviewing an ISIS fighter who is facing the death penalty. He is small, much smaller than I, on first appearances just a boy in trouble with the police, his eyes fixed on the floor, his face a mask. We all sit on armchairs lined up against facing walls, in a room cloudy with cigarette smoke and lit by fluorescent strip lighting, a room so small that my knees almost touch the prisoner’s—but he still doesn’t look up. I have interviewed plenty of soldiers on the other side of this fight, mostly from the Kurdish forces (known as pesh merga) but also fighters in the Iraqi army (known as the Iraqi Security Forces or ISF), both Arab and Kurdish.

Here's how one magazine explained the Paris attacks for kids. "Are terrorists going to come to my house?

Here's how one magazine explained the Paris attacks for kids

" "Is France at war? " Those are natural questions for young children to ask — and their parents, in France and elsewhere, are struggling to find answers to the Nov. 13 attacks that left 129 people dead in the name of the complicated jihadist ideology of ISIS, the radical terrorist group that has taken credit for the killings. Syria oil map: the journey of a barrel of Isis oil. Kurdistan Regional Government Isis controls most of Syria’s oil fields and crude is the militant group's biggest single source of revenue.

Syria oil map: the journey of a barrel of Isis oil

Putin: ISIS financed from 40 countries, including G20 members. President Vladimir Putin says he’s shared Russian intelligence data on Islamic State financing with his G20 colleagues: the terrorists appear to be financed from 40 countries, including some G20 member states.

Putin: ISIS financed from 40 countries, including G20 members

During the summit, “I provided examples based on our data on the financing of different Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) units by private individuals. This money, as we have established, comes from 40 countries and, there are some of the G20 members among them,” Putin told the journalists. Putin also spoke of the urgent need to curb the illegal oil trade by IS. "I’ve shown our colleagues photos taken from space and from aircraft which clearly demonstrate the scale of the illegal trade in oil and petroleum products," he said. Newsiosity - WATCH: Trump Says He'll Bomb ISIS (VIDEO) Trump: 'Eerst hell out of IS bombarderen, dan Exxon naar binnen sturen en I'll take the oil'. VS in 2015. Jeremy Corbyn says a military response in Syria could cause 'yet more mayhem and loss'

The West’s response to the weekend’s deadly attacks in Paris must be to find a workable political settlement to the Syrian conflict, the Labour party’s leader has said.

Jeremy Corbyn says a military response in Syria could cause 'yet more mayhem and loss'

Jeremy Corbyn said that the UK had to ask difficult questions about what was fuelling conflict in the region and that a military response could bring about “more conflict, more mayhem, and more loss”. “Who is arming Isis, who is providing safe havens for Isis? To get there you have to ask questions about the arms everyone’s sold in the region, the role of Saudi Arabia in this. I think there are some very big questions and we have to be careful,” he told ITV1’s Lorraine programme. “One war doesn’t necessarily bring about peace: it often can bring yet more conflict, more mayhem and more loss.” Mr Corbyn previous warned during his party’s leadership contest that British arms sales to the Middle East were “a contributory factory” to conflicts in the region.

Paris attacks: EU Parliament calls for united Europe. EU Parliament deputies have expressed their grief and shock at Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris which left 129 people dead and dozens more critically injured.

Paris attacks: EU Parliament calls for united Europe

Reacting to the shock attack, European Parliament President Martin Schulz said, "Paris was brutally attacked for the second time in less than a year. Terrorists wanted to target the core of western civilisation, its values and its people. " "They wanted to spread terror, fear and divisions. However, Europe stands united in the fight against terrorism, in our resolve the track down the networks and all those who contributed to organise these evil acts and bring them to justice. Our commitment to defend our values of freedom, equality, democracy and the rule of law is as strong as ever. " Meanwhile, the leader of Parliament's EPP group, Manfred Weber said, "We will not let these fanatics and extremists divide Europe and our societies," and warned that, "We have the means to defend ourselves and will show it with every strength. Aanslagen Parijs treffen Europa in het hart en kunnen niet onbeantwoord blijven - NRC. Europa is in het hart getroffen.

Aanslagen Parijs treffen Europa in het hart en kunnen niet onbeantwoord blijven - NRC

De reeks bloedige aanslagen in Parijs, de stad van het licht, was niet alleen een aanval op Frankrijk en de Fransen. Teruglezen - Frankrijk rouwt na bloedige aanslagen Parijs. Volkskrant.nl gebruikt cookies om u een optimale gebruikerservaring te bieden Ja, ik accepteer cookies Volkskrant.nl gebruikt cookies en vergelijkbare technologieën (cookies) onder andere om u een optimale gebruikerservaring te bieden.

Teruglezen - Frankrijk rouwt na bloedige aanslagen Parijs

Drie dagen talkshows over Parijs: machteloze deskundigen - Vrij Nederland. Naast bloemenzee nu ook #placedelarepublique vol met teksten #parijs #eenvandaag. John Kerry: There was a 'legitimacy' or 'rationale' to the Charlie Hebdo attack. Ook Anonymous verklaart oorlog aan ISIS. Via een videoboodschap heeft de hackersgroepering Anonymous de oorlog verklaard aan terreurgroep Islamitische Staat (ISIS).

Ook Anonymous verklaart oorlog aan ISIS

“We zullen de grootste operatie ooit lanceren tegen jullie”, klinkt het. In de video is opnieuw een man te zien met typische Anonymous-masker. “Wij zullen onze kennis aanwenden om de mensheid te verenigen. Anonymous publiceert 'n00bgids voor hackers' in strijd tegen IS. #OpParis (@opparisofficial) Digital Attack Map. François Hollande va proposer une révision de la Constitution.

Frankrijk bindt de strijd aan met IS. Strijdgroepen.

Frankrijk bindt de strijd aan met IS