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French Combat Jet Crashes In Mali, Crew Recovered: Army
A French Mirage warplane crashed in an uninhabited area of central Mali on Tuesday after suffering a technical malfunction, but its two crew ejected and were quickly recovered, the French army said.
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Rafale Deal For 36 Fighter Jets Finally Sealed After Long Wait: 10 Facts
India today signed a deal to buy 36 high-tech Rafale fighters from France.
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India Inches Closer To Fighter Jet Deal As Hollande Visits Modi
Nine months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi drastically scaled down the world's biggest fighter jet deal in a bid to quickly replenish India's aging air force with French warplanes, the two sides still haven't agreed on a price or delivery date.
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Why India's Deal For 36 Rafale Fighter Jets Is Still Being Negotiated
With just days to go before French President Francois Hollande arrives in India, a crucial deal for Delhi to buy 36 French-built Rafale warplanes has not yet been decided.
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At Battle Against ISIS, But With French Touch
Starting in early October - and for the first time since 2007 - the United States did not have an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, as the Navy needed time to carry out repairs to its fleet. So the French agreed to deploy their only carrier to fill part of that gap.
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French Warplanes Hit ISIS Command Center Near Mosul: Official
French warplanes "destroyed" an ISIS group command center and a training camp near the key northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the defense ministry said Tuesday.
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France Strikes ISIS as Global Resolve to Defeat Terrorists Intensifies
French warplanes pounded Islamic State targets and Russia vowed to ramp up its bombing campaign in Syria today as the devastating attacks on Paris galvanised international resolve to destroy the terrorists and end the Syrian war.
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France Launches Fresh Air Raids In Islamic State Stronghold In Syria
French warplanes carried out fresh raids overnight against the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa in northern Syria, destroying a command centre and training centre, the army general staff said today.
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PM Modi's 10-Point Plan to Tackle Terror At G20 in Shadow of Paris Attacks
As French warplanes pounded the terror group Islamic State group's stronghold in Syria's Raqqa in retaliation for the terror attacks in Paris, in which 129 people were killed, world leaders at the G20 summit in Turkey moved closer to an agreement for global coordinated action to combat terror.
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France Launches Fierce Assault on ISIS Targets in Syria in Coordination With the US
French warplanes launched a ferocious retaliatory assault late Sunday on targets in Raqqa, Syria - the Islamic State's de facto capital - after coordination with U.S. defense officials who helped with the targeting.
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French Air Force Pounds Islamic State Stronghold In Syria: Ministry
French warplanes pounded the Islamic State group's de facto capital in Syria on Sunday, in the first such strikes since a wave of coordinated attacks claimed by the jihadists left 129 people dead in Paris.
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France Hits Islamic State Targets in Syria a Second Time: Defence Minister
French warplanes carried out a second wave of strikes overnight on Islamic State targets in Syria, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday.
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French Defence Minister Visits Cairo After Warplane Deal
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian began a two day visit to Cairo today, just days after France delivered the first batch of 24 Rafale warplanes Egypt bought in a multi-billion-euro deal.
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French President Francois Hollande in Qatar for Warplane Deal
French President Francois Hollande arrived in Qatar today to oversee the signing of a multi-billion-euro deal to sell 24 Rafale fighter jets to the gas-rich emirate.
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French Warplanes Search Mali Desert for Crashed Air Algerie Plane
An Air Algerie flight with 110 passengers on board, nearly half of them French citizens, crashed on Thursday after the jet disappeared over northern Mali en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers, an Algerian official said.
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French Combat Jet Crashes In Mali, Crew Recovered: Army
A French Mirage warplane crashed in an uninhabited area of central Mali on Tuesday after suffering a technical malfunction, but its two crew ejected and were quickly recovered, the French army said.
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Rafale Deal For 36 Fighter Jets Finally Sealed After Long Wait: 10 Facts
India today signed a deal to buy 36 high-tech Rafale fighters from France.
-
India Inches Closer To Fighter Jet Deal As Hollande Visits Modi
Nine months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi drastically scaled down the world's biggest fighter jet deal in a bid to quickly replenish India's aging air force with French warplanes, the two sides still haven't agreed on a price or delivery date.
-
Why India's Deal For 36 Rafale Fighter Jets Is Still Being Negotiated
With just days to go before French President Francois Hollande arrives in India, a crucial deal for Delhi to buy 36 French-built Rafale warplanes has not yet been decided.
-
At Battle Against ISIS, But With French Touch
Starting in early October - and for the first time since 2007 - the United States did not have an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, as the Navy needed time to carry out repairs to its fleet. So the French agreed to deploy their only carrier to fill part of that gap.
-
French Warplanes Hit ISIS Command Center Near Mosul: Official
French warplanes "destroyed" an ISIS group command center and a training camp near the key northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the defense ministry said Tuesday.
-
France Strikes ISIS as Global Resolve to Defeat Terrorists Intensifies
French warplanes pounded Islamic State targets and Russia vowed to ramp up its bombing campaign in Syria today as the devastating attacks on Paris galvanised international resolve to destroy the terrorists and end the Syrian war.
-
France Launches Fresh Air Raids In Islamic State Stronghold In Syria
French warplanes carried out fresh raids overnight against the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa in northern Syria, destroying a command centre and training centre, the army general staff said today.
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PM Modi's 10-Point Plan to Tackle Terror At G20 in Shadow of Paris Attacks
As French warplanes pounded the terror group Islamic State group's stronghold in Syria's Raqqa in retaliation for the terror attacks in Paris, in which 129 people were killed, world leaders at the G20 summit in Turkey moved closer to an agreement for global coordinated action to combat terror.
-
France Launches Fierce Assault on ISIS Targets in Syria in Coordination With the US
French warplanes launched a ferocious retaliatory assault late Sunday on targets in Raqqa, Syria - the Islamic State's de facto capital - after coordination with U.S. defense officials who helped with the targeting.
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French Air Force Pounds Islamic State Stronghold In Syria: Ministry
French warplanes pounded the Islamic State group's de facto capital in Syria on Sunday, in the first such strikes since a wave of coordinated attacks claimed by the jihadists left 129 people dead in Paris.
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France Hits Islamic State Targets in Syria a Second Time: Defence Minister
French warplanes carried out a second wave of strikes overnight on Islamic State targets in Syria, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday.
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French Defence Minister Visits Cairo After Warplane Deal
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian began a two day visit to Cairo today, just days after France delivered the first batch of 24 Rafale warplanes Egypt bought in a multi-billion-euro deal.
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French President Francois Hollande in Qatar for Warplane Deal
French President Francois Hollande arrived in Qatar today to oversee the signing of a multi-billion-euro deal to sell 24 Rafale fighter jets to the gas-rich emirate.
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French Warplanes Search Mali Desert for Crashed Air Algerie Plane
An Air Algerie flight with 110 passengers on board, nearly half of them French citizens, crashed on Thursday after the jet disappeared over northern Mali en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers, an Algerian official said.
