Combat aircraft took off Friday of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle for operations against the Islamic State group These actions are carried out for the battle to retake Mosul, a stronghold of the jihadists in Iraq, said an officer on board. Eight Rafale fighter aircraft left at 8am local time (05: 00 GMT) from the ship […]
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Air strikes have destroyed a “training camp” of the Islamic State group according to the French Ministry of Defence. This raid, organized in conjunction with aircraft of the coalition led by Washington on Monday, was conducted “at sixty kilometres north-east of Aleppo in Manbij region,” said a statement from the French Ministry of Defence. We […]
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The French head of state, Francois Hollande said that the portfolio of the jihadist organization IS dries … The strikes are bearing fruit. French President Francois Hollande said on Friday that the lucrative oil smuggling from Syria organized by the organization Islamic state (IS) had been “greatly reduced” through the bombing by the coalition forces. The Head […]
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The attacks in Paris are “an act of war,” said Francois Hollande. The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle prepares to sail for the Persian Gulf. Francois Hollande announced the deployment of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to intensify the fight against Daech without specifying the place of his deployment. Some days later, the spokesman […]
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Six units of the French airforce bombed and destroyed on Sunday morning a training camp of the Islamic state near Deir ez-Zor, said Francois Hollande. France has conducted its first air strikes Sunday against the Islamic State, which it intends to destroy the“sanctuaries”. Other strikes are to follow, said the French president. “France has struck […]
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Air Traffic Controllers Call strike action off FRENCH air traffic controllers have called off this week’s planned strike, which be a relief for families going away for the school spring break, after talks with the DGAC national aviation authority. However, they have maintained their threat of a new strike from April 30 to May 2 […]
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France has deployed its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier against the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in Iraq, as part of the US-led military campaign, French media report, citing government officials. “The integration of the Charles de Gaulle in the operation… (in Iraq) begins this morning,” a member of Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s staff […]
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