France carried out two air strikes against the Islamic State in Raqqa October 8-9, announced defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. “Two Rafale jets bombed a training camp. The objectives were met,” he declared on Europe 1, stating that the strikes would continue. “We struck because we know that in Syria, in particular around Raqqa, there…
A number of European countries have agreed to boost security on trains and at railway stations within the bloc on Saturday following the foiled terror attack on a train in France on August 21, the French and German interior ministers have confirmed. At a meeting in Paris on Saturday, representatives from Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg,…
French President Francois Hollande has ordered preparations to begin for air strikes on Islamic State (IS) group positions in Syria, but ruled out sending troops on the ground. Paris had previously refused to join coalition strikes in Syria, and only participates in missions against IS militants in Iraq after Baghdad requested international assistance. More than…
Two British Islamic State jihadists who died in Syria were killed by an RAF drone strike, David Cameron has said. Cardiff-born Reyaad Khan, 21, and Ruhul Amin, from Aberdeen, died last month in Raqqa, alongside another fighter, in the first targeted UK drone attack on a British citizen, Mr Cameron told MPs. Khan – the…
Islamic State fighters have made considerable progress near the contested northern Syrian city of Aleppo and are threatening to rout core elements of Western-backed Syrian rebel forces there, France’s defense minister said on Wednesday. The Islamist militant group launched an offensive in northern Aleppo province last month, in a blow to the rebels in an…
