1. When
    1. Tuesday morning, March 22
  2. Background
    1. active participant in the ongoing military intervention against ISIL during the Iraqi Civil War
  3. Where
    1. Brussels Zaventem airport
      1. around 8 a.m. local time
    2. a metro station near the E.U. headquarters
      1. around 9:10 a.m
  4. Who claimed responsibility?
    1. ISIS
      1. Khalid
      2. Brahim El Bakraoui
      3. Najim Laachraoui
        1. escaped
      4. the same terrorist cell that plotted the November 2015 Paris attacks
  5. Result
    1. 31 dead, 260 injured
    2. raise terror threat to the highest level
  6. International
    1. Belgian goveronment
      1. three days of national mourning
    2. President Obama
      1. offer American assistance to Belgium
      2. bring the attackers to justice
    3. German foreign minister
      1. "aim at the heart of Europe"
    4. French prime minister
      1. "We are at war"