PARIS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins on Wednesday confirmed a second Frenchman was among Islamic State (IS) insurgents that appeared on a decapitation video released on Sunday.
"In addition to Maxime Hauchard, precise and consistent elements have been collected during an investigation which allow us to identify the presence of a second Frenchman: Michael Dos Santos," Molins said.
The 22-year-old man from Champigny-sur-Marne, east of Paris, converted to Islam and left for Syria in August 2013, the prosecutor added in a communique.
With no criminal record, Dos Santos was known to intelligence services and was wanted by French authorities charging him of having ties with a terrorist organization, he said.
On Monday, Molins confirmed that Maxime Hauchard, a Frenchman from northern France was one of the Islamists militants appeared on a 15-minutes video showed the decapitated head of American hostage Peter Kassig, an aid worker.
Kassig was the fifth western captive beheaded by the IS in response to the U.S.-led coalition attacks against Daech in Iraq and Syria.
More than 900 French nationals and residents had either joined Syrian civil war or planned to travel to the conflict-torn country, with 36 were killed in the conflict, according to official data.
With the anti-jihadist plan, unveiled on April 23, France said to deport immediately foreign nationals involved in Jihad cells, to boost cybersecurity and have close contact with jihadists' families to curb the alarming number of radicalized national youths that joined fighters in Syria and to fight against recruitment drive for Jihad.
PARIS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Two Rafale jets, alongside coalition planes, struck on Wednesday Islamic State (IS) targets in the northernIraqof Kirkuk,France's defense ministry said.
At around 04:30 local time (0330 GMT), French fighter jets, both armed with four missiles, targeted trenches used by IS to besiege the city, it added in a communique posted on its website.Full Story
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iran is ready for further transparency over its nuclear program within the international regulations, semi-official ISNA news agency quoted President Hassan Rouhani as saying on Wednesday.
Iran has done anything in its capacity to resolve its nuclear issue and expects that some members of the P5+1 group, particularly the United States which sometimes raises excessive demands in the talks, understand this, Rouhani said.Full Story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces on Sunday broke the Islamic State (IS) group's months-long siege of the country's largest oil refinery in Salahudin province, a provincial security source said.
"In the early morning hours, the security forces and allied tribal fighters took full control of the sprawling Baiji refinery after they secured the roads leading to the refinery buildings and met with those troops inside who have been fighting back the attacks of IS militants for more than five months," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.Full Story
GENEVA, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- The UN commission of inquiry on Syria said on Friday in its latest report that Islamic State used extreme violence against both civilians and captured fighters in Syria.
The report said the abuses, violations and crimes committed by Islamic State against Syrians have been deliberate and calculated. Islamic State violated its obligations toward civilians and captured fighters, amounting to war crimes, it added.Full Story
