NEWSLINE AT NOON 12:00 French jets pound IS stronghold Raqqa in Syria

ARIRANG NEWS 12:00 Coming up today,... as Paris remembers the victims of Friday′s terror attacks,.. France launches air strikes on Islamic State′s stronghold in Syria. French police also reveal one of the attackers is still at large. Meeting with other world leaders at the G20 summit in Turkey,... President Park Geun-hye calls terrorism "a cancer" that stands in the way of world peace and security. Plus,... UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will reportedly travel to Pyongyang this week. It′s hoped his trip will improve inter-Korean ties and boost efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue. Stay tuned for these stories and more. Hello... it′s noon on Monday the sixteenth of November... you are tuned in to our midday newscast here on Arirang TV. Thanks for joining us,... I′m Mark Broome. Title: French jets pound IS stronghold Raqqa in Syria We start with France′s reaction to the terror attacks in Paris. French jets have been pounding Raqqa, the Islamic State group′s stronghold in northern Syria. For the latest on this... and the hunt for the remaining attacker,... we connect to our Connie Kim at the Newscenter. Connie,...these air strikes seem to be France′s retribution for Friday′s shocking terror attacks,... what do we know so far? Yes, Mark. In the first direct retaliation for the attacks in Paris,… French warplanes have bombed targets in Raqqa,... which is IS′ de facto capital in Syria. The Islamic State group took responsibility for the attacks that killed one-hundred-29 people and injured hundreds more,... many critically.... and French President Francois Hollande had promised a merciless response. Here′s what the French are saying: The country′s defense ministry has confirmed that jets dropped 20 bombs on a command and control center, a jihadi recruitment center, training camp and arms depot run by the extremist group. The aerial raids were launched from bases in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan on Sunday night, local time. No word yet on how successful the raids were... nor if any civilians were killed. This comes as France remains in shock following last Friday′s senseless terror attacks on a number of soft targets in Paris. We now know that seven attackers detonated their suicide belts.,... killing themselves and anyone unfortunate enough to be stood nearby. Two of the attackers have been identified; one being 29-year-old French national Ismail Mostefai. He was apparently known to France′s security services but had never been charged with any terrorism offenses. The other has been identified as Bilal Hafdi, who was either 19 or 20. It′s believed he fought in Syria before coming back to France. A massive international manhunt is underway for Belgium-born French national Abdeslam Salah,... who is believed to have been involved. Officials have described the 26-year-old as "dangerous". According to CNN,... Saleh was questioned by French police shortly after the attacks but