Brussels will remain at the highest possible alert level on Monday with schools and metros closed over a “serious and imminent” security threat, as attackers remain on the loose.

Security guards say attackers were looking to kill French citizens in retaliation for the country’s military campaign in Mali.

Twitchy | Educational institutions and subways in Brussels, Belgium will be closed on Monday.

Why did it take 15 months for the U.S. to target the Islamic State’s oil infrastructure?

UK Express | INTELLIGENCE chiefs fear that British jihadis helped make the suicide vests worn by the Paris attackers and could be plotting a similar outrage in the UK.

Bloomberg | U.S. actions in the Middle East helped Islamic State to gain influence, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, according to Interfax.

RT | Russian airstrikes have torched more than 1,000 tankers taking stolen crude oil to Islamic State refineries.

Zero Hedge | Note that no tin foil hats or conspiracy theories are needed.

The leftists attacked and harassed police in the French capital.

Michael Krieger | Mass surveillance at home and endless military projection abroad.

The News Tribune | The exchange this week brought about 80 soldiers from the People’s Liberation Army to a military base in the continental U.S.

Reuters | “Several people hid in our dressing room and the killers were able to get in and killed every one of them – except for a kid who was hiding under my leather jacket,”

“It’s a reminder that we’re all in this together. We’re all human.”

In January, Turkish authorities detained one of the suicide bombers at Turkey’s border and deported him to Belgium.