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| Fight against Isis heats up as UN backs action after Paris attacks | Fight against Isis heats up as UN backs action after Paris attacks |
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| The international fight against Islamic State has intensified as the UN security council unanimously urged all members to combat the extremist group, a vote described by David Cameron as an “important moment” in securing UK involvement in the global offensive. | The international fight against Islamic State has intensified as the UN security council unanimously urged all members to combat the extremist group, a vote described by David Cameron as an “important moment” in securing UK involvement in the global offensive. |
| In a series of developments that signalled a worldwide escalation in the fight against Isis: | |
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| Reacting to the unanimous security council vote to support a French resolution that calls on all member states to do what they can to fight Isis, the British prime minister said: “The international community has come together and has resolved to defeat this evil, which threatens people of every country and every religion.” | Reacting to the unanimous security council vote to support a French resolution that calls on all member states to do what they can to fight Isis, the British prime minister said: “The international community has come together and has resolved to defeat this evil, which threatens people of every country and every religion.” |
| The Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, said the decision to raise his country’s terror threat was taken “based on quite precise information about the risk of an attack like the one that happened in Paris” and a fear that “several individuals with arms and explosives could launch an attack … perhaps even in several places.” | The Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, said the decision to raise his country’s terror threat was taken “based on quite precise information about the risk of an attack like the one that happened in Paris” and a fear that “several individuals with arms and explosives could launch an attack … perhaps even in several places.” |
| Several of the Isis cell of gunmen and suicide bombers who attacked the Stade de France, a packed concert hall and a string of Paris cafes and restaurants on 13 November – at least one of whom is still on the run – lived or had lived in Brussels. | Several of the Isis cell of gunmen and suicide bombers who attacked the Stade de France, a packed concert hall and a string of Paris cafes and restaurants on 13 November – at least one of whom is still on the run – lived or had lived in Brussels. |
| The presumed ringleader of the attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 28-year-old Belgian national of Moroccan origin, was thought to have been in Syria but died in a hail of police bullets during a ferocious seven-hour gunfight at a rundown apartment in St-Denis, north of Paris, on Wednesday. | The presumed ringleader of the attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 28-year-old Belgian national of Moroccan origin, was thought to have been in Syria but died in a hail of police bullets during a ferocious seven-hour gunfight at a rundown apartment in St-Denis, north of Paris, on Wednesday. |
| Another suspected member of the commando, Salah Abdeslam, a 26-year-old Frenchman living in Brussels, is the subject of an international manhunt. His brother, Brahim, who blew himself up in the attacks, spent time in a Belgian prison with Abaaoud, while a second man from Brussels, Bilal Hadfi, was also among the Paris suicide bombers. | Another suspected member of the commando, Salah Abdeslam, a 26-year-old Frenchman living in Brussels, is the subject of an international manhunt. His brother, Brahim, who blew himself up in the attacks, spent time in a Belgian prison with Abaaoud, while a second man from Brussels, Bilal Hadfi, was also among the Paris suicide bombers. |
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| Confirmation that Abaaoud – who openly boasted in Isis propaganda of his ability to move at will between Syria and Europe – had managed to make his way to the French capital unnoticed despite being the subject of an international arrest warrant forced EU ministers to rush through tougher controls at the borders of the bloc’s passport-free Schengen zone. | Confirmation that Abaaoud – who openly boasted in Isis propaganda of his ability to move at will between Syria and Europe – had managed to make his way to the French capital unnoticed despite being the subject of an international arrest warrant forced EU ministers to rush through tougher controls at the borders of the bloc’s passport-free Schengen zone. |
| The French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said the new measures, which require obligatory, systematic and coordinated checks on all travellers entering the 26-nation zone, would be introduced immediately, with the European commission expected to formalise the new rules by the end of the year. | The French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said the new measures, which require obligatory, systematic and coordinated checks on all travellers entering the 26-nation zone, would be introduced immediately, with the European commission expected to formalise the new rules by the end of the year. |
| The change means EU citizens, who were previously subjected only to minimum controls when entering the Schengen area, will now have their details thoroughly checked against national and international crime and terrorism databases. | The change means EU citizens, who were previously subjected only to minimum controls when entering the Schengen area, will now have their details thoroughly checked against national and international crime and terrorism databases. |
| As police forces across Europe widened their search for the extremists’ accomplices, a 26-year-old Belgian national of Moroccan origin was detained at a luxury hotel in Antalya, Turkey, on suspicion of having scouted out the target sites for the Paris attacks. Two other men, both Syrian nationals, were also arrested, the country’s Dogan news agency reported. They are suspected of being Isis recruits sent to meet the alleged scout as he entered the country. | As police forces across Europe widened their search for the extremists’ accomplices, a 26-year-old Belgian national of Moroccan origin was detained at a luxury hotel in Antalya, Turkey, on suspicion of having scouted out the target sites for the Paris attacks. Two other men, both Syrian nationals, were also arrested, the country’s Dogan news agency reported. They are suspected of being Isis recruits sent to meet the alleged scout as he entered the country. |
| No metro trains were running in Brussels and residents were advised to avoid crowded areas such as concerts and stations in the city, which is home to the headquarters of Nato and the EU. | No metro trains were running in Brussels and residents were advised to avoid crowded areas such as concerts and stations in the city, which is home to the headquarters of Nato and the EU. |
| The security alert early on Saturday came shortly after Belgian authorities charged a third man with terrorist offences in connection with the Paris attacks. Earlier this week, two Belgian nationals of Moroccan origin, Hamza Attou and Mohammed Amri, were charged after admitting to driving Salah Abdeslam from Paris back to Belgium on the night of the attacks. | The security alert early on Saturday came shortly after Belgian authorities charged a third man with terrorist offences in connection with the Paris attacks. Earlier this week, two Belgian nationals of Moroccan origin, Hamza Attou and Mohammed Amri, were charged after admitting to driving Salah Abdeslam from Paris back to Belgium on the night of the attacks. |
| Many of the men involved in the attacks grew up in or spent several years in the Molenbeek district of Brussels, a longstanding jihadi hotbed, before leaving Belgium to fight for Isis. | Many of the men involved in the attacks grew up in or spent several years in the Molenbeek district of Brussels, a longstanding jihadi hotbed, before leaving Belgium to fight for Isis. |
| At the UN, the security council unanimously called on all able states to join the fight against Isis in Syria and Iraq and redouble their efforts to prevent any further attacks by the militant group. The 15 members of the council adopted a French-drafted resolution on Friday calling on UN members to take “all necessary measures” against a group it described as “a global and unprecedented threat to international peace and security”. Countries were urged to step up sanctions and improve efforts to cut off the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria. | At the UN, the security council unanimously called on all able states to join the fight against Isis in Syria and Iraq and redouble their efforts to prevent any further attacks by the militant group. The 15 members of the council adopted a French-drafted resolution on Friday calling on UN members to take “all necessary measures” against a group it described as “a global and unprecedented threat to international peace and security”. Countries were urged to step up sanctions and improve efforts to cut off the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria. |
| Cameron is expected to use the vote as further evidence Britain should extend its airstrikes against Isis into Syria. Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, has said he would oppose expaning UK involvement but came under pressure from his MPs on Saturday to allow a free vote in the Commons on the issue. | Cameron is expected to use the vote as further evidence Britain should extend its airstrikes against Isis into Syria. Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, has said he would oppose expaning UK involvement but came under pressure from his MPs on Saturday to allow a free vote in the Commons on the issue. |
| Russian warplanes again struck jihadi targets in Syria overnight, firing cruise missiles from warships in the Caspian Sea into Isis-controlled territory in what Moscow called an “aerial campaign of retribution” for the deaths of all 224 passengers in a Russian plane death over Sinai this month. | |
| Rami Abdurrahman, of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, told AFP the 70-plus overnight raids were “the worst bombardment of the region since the start of the uprising in 2011”. | Rami Abdurrahman, of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, told AFP the 70-plus overnight raids were “the worst bombardment of the region since the start of the uprising in 2011”. |
| In Paris, it emerged on Friday that Abaaoud’s cousin, Hasna Ait Boulahcen, who also died in the St-Denis police siege, had not blown herself up as originally thought but had died when the suicide vest of a third extremist present in the apartment was detonated. | In Paris, it emerged on Friday that Abaaoud’s cousin, Hasna Ait Boulahcen, who also died in the St-Denis police siege, had not blown herself up as originally thought but had died when the suicide vest of a third extremist present in the apartment was detonated. |