https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Jihadists have executed four Nigerian hostages held since July, French aid group Action Against Hunger said, adding that one of its staff and two drivers were among those killed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191214/islamists-execute-french-aid-workers Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:36:22 +0100 islamists-execute-french-aid-workers The 40 radicalized prisoners who are preparing to leave French prisons over the next 18 months after serving their sentences are "a major risk", France's leading counter-terrorism prosecutor has warned. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180529/french-prisons-release-of-radicalised-inmates-is-major-risk-paris-prosecutor-warns Tue, 29 May 2018 16:52:23 +0200 french-prisons-release-of-radicalised-inmates-is-major-risk-paris-prosecutor-warns The French government said on Friday said it would seal off extremists within prisons and open new centres to reintegrate returning jihadists into society as part of a new plan to halt the spread of radical Islam. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180223/france-to-seal-off-1500-radicalized-inmates-in-prisons Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:57:26 +0100 france-to-seal-off-1500-radicalized-inmates-in-prisons How should France deal with its scores of radicalized prisoners? A new report has criticized the scheme of housing them together separate from other prisoners. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160706/france-criticised-for-grouping-radicalized-inmates-together Wed, 06 Jul 2016 13:43:57 +0200 france-criticised-for-grouping-radicalized-inmates-together Prime Minister Manuel Valls said extreme forms of Islam were winning the propaganda war for hearts and minds, warning the veil was being used as a political symbol for the "enslavement of women". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160405/extreme-islam-winning-propaganda-war-french-mps-warns Tue, 05 Apr 2016 09:57:14 +0200 extreme-islam-winning-propaganda-war-french-mps-warns France said Thursday on it would deploy 3,000 soldiers to combat Islamist violence in the vast and largely lawless Sahel region of Africa. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140508/france-to-deploy-3000-soldiers-in-sahel Thu, 08 May 2014 13:24:00 +0200 france-to-deploy-3000-soldiers-in-sahel A jihadist group repeated its call for attacks on French soil as well as the assassination of President François Hollande in revenge for the European nation's recent interventions in Africa, terrorist monitoring group SITE said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140324/terror-group-repeats-calls-for-attacks-on-france Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:00:00 +0100 terror-group-repeats-calls-for-attacks-on-france France has withdrawn its first batch of soldiers from Mali, the army said on Tuesday, as it begins to pull out troops sent to battle Islamist fighters in the west African nation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130409/france-begins-troop-withdrawal-from-mali Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:28:40 +0200 france-begins-troop-withdrawal-from-mali Mali's sovereignty over almost all of its territory will be restored within "a few days", French President Francois Hollande promised as French troops prepare to pull out. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130321/france-to-return-sovereignty-to-mali-in-next-few-days Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:41:00 +0100 france-to-return-sovereignty-to-mali-in-next-few-days The sister of a French-Algerian man arrested in Mali on suspicion of taking part in armed jihad has declared “he must pay” for "betraying" France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130318/suspected-mali-jihadist-is-former-french-policeman Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:26:00 +0100 suspected-mali-jihadist-is-former-french-policeman A French corporal was killed tracking down jihadist fighters in their northern Mali mountain bastions, bringing to five the number of French deaths since Paris launched a military offensive in the country two months ago. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130318/french-death-toll-in-mali-rises-to-five Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:46:02 +0100 french-death-toll-in-mali-rises-to-five French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has visited French troops in northern Mali, where the military says they have killed 150 Islamist rebels over the past month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130308/defence-minister-rallies-french-troops-on-mali-visit Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:04:00 +0100 defence-minister-rallies-french-troops-on-mali-visit A French-Malian citizen arrested in November for allegedly seeking to join Islamist militants in Mali has been expelled to France where he will be held for questioning, a French judicial source said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130307/alleged-french-militant-expelled-from-mali-to-france Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:25:00 +0100 alleged-french-militant-expelled-from-mali-to-france France said on Wednesday that a fourth French soldier had been killed during fighting against Islamist militants in Mali. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130306/fourth-french-soldier-killed-in-mali Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:35:00 +0100 fourth-french-soldier-killed-in-mali Islamist gunmen attacked the largest city in northern Mali on Sunday following two straight days of suicide bombings, intensifying their insurgency on territory reclaimed by French-led forces. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130211/french-face-intensified-islamist-insurgency-in-mali Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:27:00 +0100 french-face-intensified-islamist-insurgency-in-mali France said on Thursday its warplanes had hit Islamist command posts near the last militant stronghold in northern Mali, as the UN mulled a peacekeeping force to take over the fast-moving French-led operation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130201/french-airstrikes-batter-malian-militants Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:36:00 +0100 french-airstrikes-batter-malian-militants France called for peace talks between Mali's government and "legitimate representatives" from the north, after French troops took up positions at Kidal, the last city held by Islamist forces. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130131/france-calls-for-peace-talks-in-mali Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:36:11 +0100 france-calls-for-peace-talks-in-mali French-backed Malian troops wrested two key central towns from Islamist rebels as hostage-takers in neighbouring Algeria said they wanted to negotiate an end to France's military intervention. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130118/french-and-malian-troops-score-double-victory Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:41:50 +0100 french-and-malian-troops-score-double-victory The United States will provide transport planes to French forces fighting Islamist militants in Mali but has yet to decide if it will offer refueling tankers for French warplanes, officials said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130118/obama-steps-up-us-backing-for-french-in-mali Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:37:00 +0100 obama-steps-up-us-backing-for-french-in-mali Islamists based in northern Mali, under daily bombardment by France's warplanes, vowed Monday to avenge the assault on French soil as well as in Africa. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130114/malis-islamists-threaten-to-strike-on-french-soil Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:11:00 +0100 malis-islamists-threaten-to-strike-on-french-soil