WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Earnest made the statement while commenting the ongoing counterterrorism operations in Brussels, Belgium.
"The United States obviously has significant resources… and we have used them to assist the French and the Belgians as they have conducted investigation into the attacks and as they have taken steps to try to safeguard their country," Earnest stated.
On November 13, Islamic terrorists killed 130 people in a series of coordinated attacks at several locations in the French capital. The Daesh terror group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
On Friday, a large-scale counterterrorist operation directly related to the Paris attacks has started in Brussels. Belgian authorities confirmed that the attacks’ mastermind Salah Abdeslam have been detained as the result of a raid in the Brussels commune of Molenbeek.
