French prime minister Manuel Valls talking with the president, Francois Hollande.
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Conflict is normally governed by rules and regulations but France is taking on an enemy that disregards them all.
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who the French authorities say helped plan the Paris attacks.
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In the flurry of activity since Paris was attacked, the reasons it happened in the first place risk being forgotten.
A Free Syrian Army fighter carries a copy of the Koran.
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Who is fighting who – and why.
Blocking IS one click at a time?
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Anonymous strives to bring down IS propaganda before it reaches the masses.
ASPI executive director Peter Jennings.
Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive director Peter Jennings has strongly criticised the decision to lease the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company.
Sydney Opera House is illuminated in the colours of the French flag in a display of solidarity after the attacks on Paris.
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Islamic State terrorism and propaganda are designed to provoke often predictable responses. We naturally respond with displays of outrage and solidarity, but we should beware the trap of division.
A soldier looks out over Paris.
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The language used by François Hollande and others implies extremism can be bombed out of existence. It can’t.
The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
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After the terrorist atrocity, Western powers pledged to strike back at Islamic State. They will need to do more than rattle sabres.
Palestinian men pray in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-amid.
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Religion and modernity need not be at odds with one another, and many leading Muslim thinkers are plumbing early texts to promote progressive ideas.
In condemning terrorist attacks in Paris, French president Francois Hollande (center) used the term Da'ish to refer to Islamic State, a deliberate naming change.
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The French term for ISIS – known as Da'ish or Daesh – has gathered more interest in the wake of the Paris attacks. Here’s why this battle of naming matters.
An image of a man described as Abdelhamid Abaaoud, suspected of being behind the Paris attacks, was published in the Islamic State’s social media website.
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The tools that protect people’s privacy on social media are being used by terrorists to spread their messages of hate and attack.
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Social media were at the heart of the attacks in Paris, serving as tools of communication and also sources of information and emotion.
The aftermath in Beirut.
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Lebanon has been coming apart at the seams for years – Islamic State is trying to make it disintegrate entirely.
In the name of what?
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The terrorists haven’t attacked us because of our colour or religion, they want to destroy our way of life.
Still standing.
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Islamic State is as resilient and effective as any terrorist group we’ve seen. How has it made itself so strong?
There has been a global outpouring of grief and support for Parisians after the terror attacks in the city.
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In the next few weeks we may see a resurgence of rhetoric calling for more resources to fight the War on Terror following the Paris attacks. Islamophobia may take deeper root in Europe as a whole.
Australia recently extend its bombing missions in the Middle East to the skies over Syria.
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Will the terror attacks in Paris impact on Australia’s commitment to coalition military efforts to stop the spread of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria?
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after an international conference on Syria, in Vienna, from which Australia was excluded.
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Australia – despite its major military commitment fighting Islamic State – was excluded from the Vienna weekend talks seeking a peace path for Syria because of an objection by Russia.
The Paris attacks were a ghastly media spectacular. What will be the broader historical significance in Europe and further afield?
Dark days.
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IS claims responsibility for series of assaults. President Hollande says it is an ‘act of war’.