France launches 'massive' airstrikes in Syria

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France launches massive airstrikes in Syria

Paris - The strike destroyed a militants command post, militant recruitment centre, a munitions depot and a "terrorist" training camp, the defence ministry said.

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Published: Mon 16 Nov 2015, 6:47 AM

Last updated: Tue 17 Nov 2015, 7:51 AM

French warplanes pounded the Daesh group's de facto capital in Syria on Sunday, in the first such strikes since a wave of coordinated attacks claimed by the militants left 129 people dead in Paris.
As the nation prepared to mourn the victims of the carnage in a minute of silence on Monday, a dozen warplanes dropped 20 bombs on militant targets in the militants' stronghold of Raqa, signalling the French government's resolve in its fight against the group.
The strike destroyed a militants command post, militant recruitment centre, a munitions depot and a "terrorist" training camp, the defence ministry said.
The air raids came after President Francois Hollande called the Paris attacks - the worst in the country's history - an "act of war" and vowed to hit back "without mercy".


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