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2018-04-13 The United Nations Security Council meets amid concerns of military strikes in Syria by the United States and its allies following a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria last weekend, with the United States ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, accusing Russia of lies and covering for the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which she said had used chemical weapons at least 50 times in the past seven years of warfare, and the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, blaming the United States, France and the UK for escalating tensions. French

2018-03-29 Italian police arrest five Tunisians suspected of links to Anis Amri, perpetrator of the December 2016 terror attack in Germany. Italy

2017-11-10 A driver intentionally drives into a group of students near Toulouse, France. Three injured people are taken to hospital. A suspect has been arrested. Police are not treating this incident as connected to terrorism. French

2017-02-10 French police arrest three men and a 16-year-old girl found with bomb-making materials in a Montpellier flat. The female suspect had been spotted online saying she wanted to either leave for the Syria-Iraq conflict or mount an attack in France, and recorded a video in which she pledged allegiance to ISIL. French

2015-11-30 French intelligence services are reportedly operating under the theory that Paris-attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has escaped to Syria despite country-wide martial law in 3 different countries. French

2015-04-23 The Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls claims that five terrorist attacks have been "foiled" in France in recent months. [http:--www.france24.com-en-breaking-20150423-five-terror-attacks-have-been-foiled-france-recent-months-says-french-prime-minister-manuel-valls-?ns_campaign=al_en&ns_mchannel=email_marketing&ns_source=AL_20150423_0847&ns_linkname=20150423_breaking_news&ns_fee=0&f24_member_id=1080960490882 (France 24)]date=August 2019 French

2015-03-4 South of Sicily, Italy's Coast Guard saves 941 trafficked migrants aboard five motorized dinghies and two larger vessels near southern Italian ports. Authorities cannot account for ten people. Italy

2013-02-7 Eugène Delacroix's famous painting "Liberty Leading the People" is vandalized while on display at the new Louvre-Lens museum in France. French

2012-06-20 A gunman is detained after seizing four hostages at the Crédit Industriel et Commercial bank in the southern French city of Toulouse, the same city where Mohammed Merah shot dead five people in March. French

2011-05-14 More than 400 people fleeing Libya and Tunisia arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa in two boats, the latest in a stream of refugees fleeing the ongoing conflicts in North Africa. Italy