International conference to combat terror financing in Paris

26/4/2018 18:22

        Ministers from more than 70 countries — including bitter rivals — are working on ways to combat financing for the Islamic State group and Al-Qaida at an international conference in Paris, which still bears scars of deadly terrorist attacks in recent years.
        
        Participants scheduled to take part in Thursday's international conference include countries that have accused each other of funding terrorism, notably in the Persian Gulf.
        
        It was launched by French President Emmanuel Macron to coordinate efforts to reduce the terror threat in the long term. A string of attacks have killed 245 people in France since January 2015 and dozens of others have been thwarted.