France

After vowing to give a merciless response to the attacks at multiple venues in Paris, France carried out air raids in Raqqa, Syria. 10 fighter jets dropped 20 bombs targeting Islamic State command and control centers, ammunition depots and a training camp.

Alternate Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas gave a press conference on Sunday on migration. He addressed the need for more effective controls in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon that need to be carried out so as to have more accurate registration and documentation of refugees.

Iraq shared intelligence on threats of attacks on France, the United States and Iran, Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said on Nov. 15, after jihadists killed at least 129 people in Paris.
 

Leaders of the world's richest and most powerful countries are set to vow to conduct joint actions against growing global terrorism following an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack that killed at least 129 people in France, in the first written statement issued by the G-20 on a political issue.

World leaders attending the G20 meeting in Turkey to discuss the refugee crisis on European security held a moment of silence for the victims of the terrorists attacks in Paris that left 129 dead and hundreds injured.

The G20 countries need to to address the issue of terrorist financing and share information on suspected transactions to counter the threat of global terrorism, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Sunday.

Bulgarian public TV broadcaster BNT, host of this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest, has postponed the Opening Ceremony to next week to honour the three days of mourning in France called over the deadly attacks in Paris.

The Serbian Interior Ministry said on Sunday that the Paris attack suspect requested asylum in the southern Serbian town of Presevo near the border with Macedonia on October 7 on his way to western Europe.

The suspect, who police identified as having the initials A.A., told the authorities while registering in Presevo that he was a refugee from Syria.

* The first attacker to be identified was Omar Ismail Mostefai, aged 29, who is said to have been one of the group of at least three terrorists who spread fear, panic and death at the Bataclan concert on Friday. As police stormed the building he blew himself up, leaving police to identify his body through fingerprints.

The leaders of Turkey and the United States have discussed the next phase in their joint fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a meeting that came just a day after bloody terrorist attacks in France.