France will send Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to assist US-led anti-ISIL coalition in Iraq and Syria in September, French President Francois Hollande said. France will also send artillery to Iraq in August to help the Iraqi army fight ISIL terrorists, the President added. “The Defense Council and I made ...
Three French soldiers have been killed in Libya, the defense ministry said Wednesday, in the first official confirmation that France has troops in the country. “Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian regrets the loss of three French officers who died while on mission in Libya,” the ministry said in a statement ...