France conducted bombings against Islamic State sites in the Tikrit region of Iraq for the first time since the onset of international campaign against the jihadis.
"Last night we struck the region of Tikrit as part of the coalition" helping the Iraqi army battle IS fighters, a spokesman for France's armed forces said, noting it was the first time a French strike had targeted that area of northern Iraq.
The official did not clarify whether jets or drones carried out the strikes.
