{A French fighter jet bombed a military logistics warehouse belonging to the Islamic State group located in north-east Iraq on Friday, in the first such airstrike against the jihadist militants.
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The Rafale jet hit the depot and completely destroyed it, according to a statement released by the Elys\u00e9e presidential palace just hours after the strike.<\/p>\n
\u201cOther operations will follow in the coming days,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
The announcement came a day after President Fran\u00e7ois Hollande told the French press the country would conduct an air assault campaign on the Islamic militants, in support of Iraqi troops and at the request of leaders in Baghdad.<\/p>\n
Hollande said on Thursday France\u2019s military involvement in an international campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group would be limited to air strikes in Iraq and not include ground troops.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Manuel Valls would soon give France’s parliament more information about the military strategy in Iraq, the Elys\u00e9e statement added.<\/p>\n
France\u2019s announcement came a few hours after Washington said that US warplanes had struck an IS training camp in Iraq in its first bombing not directly supporting Iraqi or Kurdish forces battling the jihadists.<\/p>\n
France 24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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