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Mali's stability still at stake a year after coup
Drone base in Niger gives US a strategic foothold in West Africa
France using 'all possible means' to rescue Cameroon hostages
A top French counterterrorism judge warned that some 50 to 80 French citizens are believed to have traveled to Syria for jihad, a number much higher than previously acknowledged. The jihadists' travel is not impeded by French authorities, he said, as the French government supports the Syrian rebel side, and they can enter Turkey without visas and easily cross over into Syria.
Insight: Islamist inroads in Mali may undo French war on al Qaeda
Taqiya, or the terrorist 'art of deception'
France said it plans to introduce a UN resolution this month for an April vote on the establishment of a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali to replace the French-led mission. At least three Frenchmen have gone to Mali for jihad.
France, Germany at odds over lifting Syrian arms embargo
Tough questions linger a year after Toulouse killings
Authorities said three French Islamists arrested last week near Marseilles were planning a terrorist attack on or about the one-year anniversary of the murders by al Qaeda-inspired shooter Mohamed Merah this month. Intercepted communications, as well as weapons and explosives found at the home of one of the suspects, including "a veritable laboratory for making improvised explosive devices," suggested that the plans were close to execution.
Victims of Hamas attacks to sue French bank that handled terror group's funds
Al Qaeda planned Malian base for global terrorist operations
Defense Minister LeDrian said two Frenchmen have been detained while fighting with jihadists in Mali and are being deported to France. About 12 French citizens are thought to have gone to Mali for jihad. Vistorin Lurel, Minister of Overseas France, said the world needs more dictators like Hugo Chavez.
West training Syrian rebels in Jordan
Security officials arrested two young men, both French citizens, at a house near Marseille on suspicion of plotting attacks, making explosives, and engaging in online terrorist activity. The pair had been under surveillance since they sent a threatening letter to US President Obama in November 2012.
Bouchra Bagour, 35, was charged with a hate crime for sending her 3-year-old son Jihad to nursery school in Avignon last September wearing a T-shirt that said "I am a bomb" on the front and "Jihad, born on 11 September" on the back. The boy's uncle, who had given him the T-shirt, is a co-defendant.
Confusion reigns in confirming deaths of senior AQIM leaders in Mali
Photos have surfaced from Chadian soldiers depicting what they claim is the corpse of Mokhtar Belmokhtar. French news services have said the images depict recently reported killed al Qaeda commander Abou Zeid. Jihadist sources deny the images depict either man.Russia says it's ready to discuss UN force for Mali
Islamist leader death photos 'could be of any jihadist'
A pro-Assad hacker group called The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the hacking of two France24 Twitter accounts. The hackers posted false reports of the deaths of Syrian opposition figures Riad al-Asaad and Manaf Tlass.
