French
fighter jets have carried out a series of 'massive' air strikes on ISIS'
capital Raqqa as the country started its 'pitiless' retribution for the
terror attacks on Paris.
The
heavy bombing raid was carried out by ten French fighter jets who
dropped 20 bombs destroying a key command centre and a training camp in
Syria.
The
bombardment came just two days after President Francois Hollande said
the coordinated attacks in Paris that killed up to 129 people was an
'act of war' and vowed to strike ISIS in Syria 'without mercy'.
'The
raid ... including 10 fighter jets, was launched simultaneously from
the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Twenty bombs were dropped,' the
French Defence ministry statement said last night.
The
operation, carried out in coordination with U.S. forces, struck a
command centre, recruitment centre for jihadists, a munitions depot and a
training camp for fighters, it said. Activists inside Syria have
suggested that no civilian casualties have been sustained in the Raqqa
bombings.
Water
supplies and electricity have reportedly been cut as a result of the
air strikes, with activists claiming there has been 'panic' inside the
city.
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