Several terror attacks. Deadly counterterrorism raids. And a wave of suspected jihadist arrests from France to Greece to Belgium. <\/p>\n
European Union officials are scrambling to stop the spread of terrorism and threats, with foreign ministers meeting Monday in Brussels, Belgium, to tackle the issue. <\/p>\n
\"We start with obviously a discussion on how to counter terrorism, not only in Europe but also in other parts of the world,\" said Federica Mogherini, EU high representative for foreign affairs. <\/p>\n
She said she had just met with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Araby \"as the threat is not only the one we faced in Paris, but also spreading in many other parts of the world starting from Muslim countries. <\/p>\n
\"And we need to strengthen our way of cooperating together, first of all with Arab countries, and then internally.\" <\/p>\n
With new developments sprouting up across Europe, here are the latest: <\/p>\n
The hunt is still on for the ringleader behind a terrorist cell targeted in raids last week, Belgium's justice minister said. The suspected key link between senior ISIS operatives in Syria and the Belgian terrorist cell, Belgian-Moroccan ISIS fighter Abelhamid Abaaoud, is still at large, a senior Belgian counterterrorism official said. Abaaoud's last known location was believed to be Greece, the official said. <\/p>\n
An Algerian national who may have links to Abaaoud was arrested over the weekend in Greece and is being extradited to Belgium. <\/p>\n
The man detained by Belgian police after last week's raid has been identified. His attorney says he isn't a terrorist; he was just delivering shoes to a friend when he was caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. But investigators believe the man played a key role in the terrorist cell's plot, the Belgian counterterrorism official said. <\/p>\n
Investigators are looking for a man whose DNA was found on a gun magazine used by Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four hostages at a kosher supermarket in Paris. <\/p>\n
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