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France says carried out air strikes in Iraq on Thursday

Published 25/09/2014, 11:50
© Reuters Handout shows a pilot of a French Rafale fighter jet during a mission from Al-Dhafra airbase

PARIS (Reuters) - French fighter jets struck targets in Iraq on Thursday, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said.

"There were strikes in Iraq this morning," Le Foll said without giving any further details.

© Reuters. Handout shows a pilot of a French Rafale fighter jet during a mission from Al-Dhafra airbase

The strikes were the first by French jets since Sept. 19 when Paris joined the United States military action against Islamic State insurgents in Iraq who have taken over parts of the country.

(Reporting By Julien Ponthus; writing by John Irish; Editing by Andrew Callus)

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