France vows to intensify military operations against ISIS

Reacting to the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, France has vowed to intensify its military operations against the ISIS, and added they would decide an action plan to find a political solution in Syria.

"We will increase military operations against the ISIS and today, we had launched air strikes. An action plan will be decided to find a political solution in Syria," Francois Richier, Ambassador of France to India told the press conference.

He stressed that while implementing emergency state since the attacks, 150 raids have been conducted across France.

"Paris Attacks are an attack against democracy and freedom. At this point of time, unity of international community against terrorism is essential. The Government of India has already expressed solidarity and we are grateful for that," he added.

He insisted that France has qualified the horrific terrorist attack as an act of war, and have therefore, decided to respond and to resist terrorism in a merciless manner.

France's response on Monday gained pace with counter-terrorism raids arrests across the country and 'massive' airstrikes have been launched on ISIS targets in Syria, as the French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, warned of potential further attacks.

Tactical police units led raids in four locations in southern and northern France early on Monday, and have reportedly arrested at least nine people and have seized weapons from homes.

Earlier, the French Police launched a manhunt of a French national Salah Abdeslam , who is allegedly one of three brothers suspected in the Paris serial terror attacks in Friday that left 129 dead.

The police have reportedly warned people not to approach Abdeslam who has been described as 'dangerous'.

According to reports, he was apparently spoken to by officers on Saturday morning when they pulled over a car carrying three people near the Belgian border. Police then checked Abdeslam's ID and subsequently let him go.

Abdeslam has been identified as the renter of a car used in the attack when he and two others were stopped by police near the Belgian border. The discovery of a suspected abandoned getaway car in Montreuil, east of Paris yesterday, fuelled suspicion that at least one suspect had escaped, as per reports.

The only dead attacker to be named so far is a 29-year-old Frenchman, Ismail Omar Mostefai.

French investigators are pursuing an international trail that stretches across Europe - and one concern for security services in other countries is how far Islamic State has already put in place the ability to replicate the Paris attacks.

There are unconfirmed reports that a similar style attack might have been planned in Turkey for the same time but was foiled.