Sunday, 17 November , 2024

Nice

Is the War on Terror a “Self-Fulfilling Prophecy”?

More than 84 people are dead in Nice, France, after an attack on a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in the city in...

Why does France keep getting attacked?

One reason that France is a particular target is down to a specific decision by Islamic State to target it. In September 2014, shortly after the beginning of airstrikes by a US-led coalition which includes France, the chief spokesman for Isis, Mohammad al-Adnani, singled out the “spiteful French” among a list of enemies in a speech calling for the group’s sympathisers to launch attacks across the west.