This Article is From Oct 09, 2015

France Hits Islamic State Targets in Syria a Second Time: Defence Minister

France Hits Islamic State Targets in Syria a Second Time: Defence Minister

File photo of French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

Paris: French warplanes carried out a second wave of strikes overnight on Islamic State targets in Syria, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday.

"Two Rafale jets dropped bombs on an IS training camp. The objectives were accomplished," he told Europe 1 radio, adding that further air strikes would follow.

 
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