French Airstrikes Target IS Stronghold in Syria

French warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting the Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, on Monday, November 23. Similar attacks were conducted in Ramadi and Mosul, Iraq, as part of armed reconnaissance missions.

The jets were aboard the French Navy’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, which arrived in the eastern Mediterranean for Operation Inherent Resolve. Credit: Twitter/EtatMajorFR