A French Defense Ministry statement said the operations were launched from bases in the UAE and Jordan and was conducted in coordination with U.S. forces, which have been conducting repeated airstrikes against ISIL in and around Raqqa.
Meanwhile in Baghdad, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari said Iraqi intelligence had obtained information before the Paris attacks that the Islamic State was planning an imminent strikes overseas that may have been aimed at France, the United States, and Iran.
In Tehran, Iranian Minister of Intelligence Mahmoud Alavi warned the recent ISIL attacks in Paris and Beirut are “a serious alarm to us too.” Alavi added Iran is exercising more “vigilance.”
Increased number of sorties against ISIS is a welcomed development. I for one commend the coalition on this part of their involvement in the fighting in Syria. Certainly it is better now than never, but the bombing campaign should have been heavy/intensive from the start.
ReplyDeleteFully agree with you sir...good it is coming, but why so late? it could have saved thousands of lives...
Delete20 Bombs the french airforce dropped down. This is really nothing. Russia had no day left without 200 bombs...its really crazy. Is this the response of a unsc member????
ReplyDeleteIf this would happen in Iran (khoda nakone) we would is not let to come to the next morning prayer
Surely the bombing can only be as heavy as the number of targets that can be found?
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