He is being hunted by special forces teams across Europe – but is believed to be hiding out in Belgian capital Brussels.
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The object was found in a dustbin on Monday afternoon, a police source said, confirming information reported by France Info radio.
Any efforts to form an alliance that includes both Russian Federation and the United States are likely to run into thorny issues like Assad’s future role in Syria and global sanctions against Moscow for its interference in Ukraine. But we don’t know why.
Of the 21 people detained, one was formally charged with participating in the Paris terrorist attacks, the prosecutor’s office in Belgium said today. Francois Molins, the anti-terror prosecutor who is taking centre-stage in the investigation, said the vests used in the attacks were made using TATP – acetone peroxide, a chemical easy for amateurs to make – as well as batteries and a push-button detonator.
The belt was found near where Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was traced to on the night of the attacks.
Meanwhile, Belgium’s government said its keeping the capital on its highest state of alert because authorities said they have what they call a potentially serious and immediate threat.
Authorities charged one man with participating in the activities of a terrorist group in connection with the Paris attacks.
In Brussels, fears of a terror attack will keep schools and the metro closed until Wednesday at the earliest, Belgium’s Prime Minister Charles Michel announced Monday.
NATO, which raised its alert level after the Paris attacks, said its headquarters in the city were open, but some staff had been asked to work from home.
One theory is that Salah Abdeslam had planned to detonate the bomb belt but abandoned the plan.
Belgium’s rest stays on alert degree three, meaning an assault is regarded as credible and possible.
Warplanes took off from the aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle in the eastern Mediterranean and attacked ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria, the French Defense Ministry said. Their targets Monday were in the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Ramadi and the Syrian city of Raqqa, the ministry said.
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The Paris attacks have spurred a series of raids across Belgium as authorities search for suspects.
