France strikes ISIS/ISIL depot in Iraq. France launches first air strikes on IS in Iraq

France said it has conducted its first airstrike in Iraq and has destroyed a logistics depot held by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to the Associated Press.
The office of President Francois Hollande’s  said Rafale fighter jets struck the depot in northeastern Iraq on Friday morning and the target was “entirely destroyed.”
Hollande’s office said other operations will continue in the coming days.

France had agreed to "soon" conduct airstrikes requested by Iraq to bolster its fight against ISIS militants who have captured swaths of the country, Hollande said during a press conference held on Thursday.
He also said that France wouldn't go beyond airstrikes in support of the Iraqi military or Kurdish Peshmerga forces, and wouldn't attack targets in Syria, where ISIS has also captured territory.
On Monday, French jets began flying reconnaissance missions over Iraq involving Rafales and an ATL2 surveillance plane.

Last Update: Friday, 19 September 2014 KSA 13:11 - GMT 10:11 

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/09/19/Hollande-First-French-airstrike-destroys-depot-of-ISIS-in-Iraq-.html

19/9/14

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