PARIS ¨C French fighter jets launched their biggest raids in Syria to date targeting the Islamic State¡¯s stronghold in Raqqa just two days after the group claimed coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people, the defense ministry said.
¡°The raid ... including 10 fighter jets, was launched simultaneously from the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Twenty bombs were dropped,¡± the statement said, adding that the mission had taken place Sunday evening.
The operation, carried out in coordination with U.S. forces, struck a command center, recruitment center for jihadis, a munitions depot and a training camp for fighters, it said.
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