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French Warplanes Strike Islamic State Targets in Iraq and Syria

French warplanes patrolled over Ramadi and Mosul, Iraq, on Monday, November 23, as part of armed reconnaissance missions. The missions were the military jets’ first in Islamic State-controlled territories in Iraq and Syria. The jets also carried out airstrikes in Syria on Monday. This video shows a jet departing for Iraq.

The jets were aboard French Navy’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, which arrived in the eastern Mediterranean for Operation Inherent Resolve. Credit: YouTube/FORCESFRANCAISES