The November 2015 Paris Terrorist Attacks

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Why I think this is big news incomparison to Syria. First of: there is a conflict in Syria between several hostile groups whose goal is to destroy each other. The GOAL is to kill your opponent whereas the GOAL of the Paris attack was to kill civilians. That is an important difference. Civilians die in the conflict aswell but they are not the main target. Do not take this the wrong way, I do not condone the killing of civilians in any way.

Second: It's so far away from the conflict. There isn't a war in Paris and you wouldn't expect there to be an armed attack.