France dropped 20 bombs on the ISIS-held Syrian city of Raqqa, striking 30 targets, the French Defense Ministry announced on Sunday. According to the ministry’s statement, the airstrikes destroyed a jihadist recruitment center and an arms and munitions depot, among other targets. 12 planes left from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, acting in coordination with American forces, Agence France-Press reported. The airstrikes come in response to the terrorist group claiming responsibility for the city-wide series of attacks that led to the death of 129 civilians in Paris on Friday. Prior to ISIS officially claiming responsibility for the Friday terror attacks, French President François Hollande said the attacks were “an act of war” that ISIS had planned from abroad with help from inside France. The President also enforced a state of emergency and closed the country’s borders in the wake of what he called “unprecedented terrorist attacks”. “To all those who have seen these awful things, I want to say we are going to lead a war which will be pitiless,” said the French President Hollande from outside the Bataclan theater where 118 people were killed. “Because when terrorists are capable of…
France Bombs ISIS ‘Command Center’ in Syria’s Raqqa: Defense Ministry
November 15, 2015
