Police are hunting for Brussels-born Frenchman Salah Abdeslam, 26, (pictured left), who is accused of renting a Volkswagen Polo used by the suicide bombers who killed 89 people at the Bataclan music venue on Friday. His brother Ibrahim, 31, blew himself up in a solo attack outside cafe Comptoir Voltaire after renting a black Seat found abandoned today filled with AK-47s and ammunition. A third unnamed sibling has been arrested in the Belgian capital. As the three brothers were identified the latest shooter was names as Belgian Bilal Hadfi, 20, who had spent time fighting with ISIS in Syria before returning to Europe and detonating his suicide vest at the Stade de France. Ahmed Almuhamed, 25, (right) is believed to be among the passengers in the car Salah Abdeslam rented. His Syrian passport was found on the body of a suicide bomber and Greek and Serbian authorities believe he and another bomber entered Europe a month ago posing as a refugee who bought tickets for a boat to Europe. Seven people have been arrested in connection with the France attacks in Belgium in the past 24 hours and five were held in Molenbeek, known as a 'den of terrorists'. It came as Iraqi spies said they warned Western countries of an imminent assault on the day before the Paris attacks and Turkish officials claim they foiled a plot to kill in Istanbul on the same day in revenge for Jihadi John's assassination in a drone strike.
One of the ten French fighter jets prepares to take off from an airbase in the United Arab Emirates
France's strong approach to counter attacking ISIS in Syria has reportedly led to the destruction of a key jihadi recruitment centre and a training camp
The operation, carried out in coordination with U.S. forces, struck a command centre, recruitment centre for jihadists, a munitions depot and a training camp for fighters, it said.
Activists inside Syria have suggested that no civilian casualties have been sustained in the Raqqa bombings.
Water supplies and electricity have reportedly been cut as a result of the air strikes, with activists claiming there has been 'panic' inside the city.
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