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Lori Hinnant

In this Dec. 4, 2014 photo, Mehdi "DJ Costa" Akkari, a Tunisian rapper, looks at an image of his brother Youssef, who fought with extremists in Syria and was killed by a U.S. airstrike, in Tunis, Tunisia. While foreigners from across the world have joined the Islamic State militant group, some arrive in Iraq or Syria only to find day-to-day life much more austere and violent than they had expected. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm) (AP)

The cost of leaving Islamic State: Death or jail

Lori Hinnant, Paul Schemm

French soldiers patrol near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, January 9, 2015. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)

Police official: Charlie Hebdo suspects dead, hostage freed

Lori Hinnant, Elaine Ganley, Associated Press

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, center left, and Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo, center right, arrive at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Masked gunmen stormed the offices of a French satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing at least 11 people before escaping, police and a witness said. The weekly has previously drawn condemnation from Muslims. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

12 dead in attack on satirical newspaper in Paris

Jamey Keaten, Lori Hinnant

How 2 French girls were lured to jihad online

Lori Hinnant

France seeks UN action on Syria after Russia move

Lori Hinnant

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France arrests man in soldier stabbing

Lori Hinnant

France, Britain, Sweden, Spain summon ambassadors from Israel

Amy Tiebel, Lori Hinnant

France demolishes Roma camps

Lori Hinnant