Obama, Hollande to Escalate Fight Against Islamic State
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French President Francois Hollande and U.S. President Barack Obama have agreed to scale up operations (WSJ) in Syria and Iraq against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Their meeting in Washington on Tuesday marked an important leg of Hollande's tour to rally global support (NYT) for the military campaign against the militant group; he is also slated to meet with the leaders of Germany, Russia, and Italy. Meanwhile, French prosecutors said that the suspected coordinator of the Paris attacks had planned to conduct a suicide attack in the city's La Defense business district (France24).