French warplanes pounded the Islamic State (IS) group's stronghold in Syria's Raqa on Sunday, destroying a command post and a training camp, the defence ministry said.Middle East Eye
France launches major air strikes in Syria
AFP
French warplanes pounded the Islamic State (IS) group's stronghold in Syria's Raqa on Sunday, destroying a command post and a training camp, the defence ministry said.Middle East Eye
6 comments:
Russia probably cleared the airspace for them.... there goes all of you lefty's crank conspiracy theories...
Huh?
Of course, Russia cleared the air space for them. Putin has been calling for Western help against ISIS from the get-go.
What theory is that?
Why would Russia and Assad try to stop them? Almost anything the coalition bombs on the other side of the frontline is bonus to them.
Looks like what it is, a Hollande PR exercise. French are mad as hell, French hawks want to see vengeful action or they will get antsy.
If I was cynical, I'd say the US/UK/France bombs, (if they actually kill a terrorist), are aimed at rogue groupings, individuals double crossing their handlers or for getting intelligence assets into better organisational positions.
How the Saudis, Israelis, French, US and UK agencies get together and decide who is for or against them must be comical. No wonder so many planes turn back.
BTW, recall that Syria and North Africa were French colonies and French conservatives and the deep state wish to recapture the power they lost there. Sarkozy was largely behind the attack on Libya and the overthrow of the Qaddafi regime. There is a whole subtext of which most people who don't know history are not aware.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire
Syria:
Officially, the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (1923−1946),[1] (French: Mandat français pour la Syrie et le Liban), was a League of Nations mandate founded after the First World War and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire.
During the two years that followed the end of the war in 1918 – and in accordance with the Sykes-Picot Agreement that was signed between Britain and France during the war – the British held control of most Ottoman Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and the southern part of the Ottoman Syria (Palestine and Transjordan), while the French controlled the rest of Ottoman Syria (modern Syria, Lebanon, Alexandretta) and other portions of southeastern Turkey. In early 1920s, the British and French control of these territories became formalized by the League of Nations' mandate system, and France was assigned the League of Nations mandate of Syria on 29 September 1923, which included the territory of present day Lebanon and Alexandretta (Hatay) in addition to Syria proper.
The administration of the region under the French was carried out through a number of different territories, including the Syrian Federation (1922–24), the State of Syria (1924–30) and the Syrian Republic (from 1930), as well as the smaller states of the State of Greater Lebanon, the Alawite State and Jabal Druze State.
The French mandate of Syria lasted until 1943, when two independent countries emerged from the mandate period, Syria and Lebanon, in addition to Hatay, which had joined Turkey in 1939. French troops completely left Syria and Lebanon in 1946.
Libya:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Mandate_for_Syria_and_the_Lebanon
Oops. Scratch LIbya from the end of the above.
The correct link is
Foreign Policy in Focus
Ripped From Hillary’s Emails: French Plot to Overthrow Gaddafi and Help Itself to Libya’s Oil — French intelligence plotted to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi to horn in on Libya’s oil and to provide access for French businesses.
Conn Hallinan, July 9, 2015
Insulting the French is a pastime for some Americans.
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