MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the ministry's Sunday statement, a command center and a training camp were destroyed in the strike which hit the ISIL stronghold of Raqqa.
"The first target destroyed was used as a command center, a center for preparation of jihadists and an ammunition depot. The second target was a camp for training of terrorists," the statement said.
France begun massive bombardment of #ISIS's defacto capital Raqqa — Defense Ministry. @Raqqa_SL says 30 different targets struck
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) November 15, 2015
According to the ministry, 10 planes were involved in the operation.
France is part of a US-led international coalition bombing Islamic State positions in Iraq and Syria.
On Friday night, eight extremists wearing explosive belts attacked several venues across Paris, killing 129 people and injuring over 350 at restaurants, the Bataclan concert hall and in the vicinity of the Stade de France stadium. Responsibility for the attacks was claimed by the Islamic State.
#France officially announces it started bombing #Raqqa in #Syria, #ISIS headquarter https://t.co/S1SKFwVX2T
— Melissa Chemam (@melissachemam) November 15, 2015
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| 1 | Edit | Delete As opposed to the previous 6 months worth of minor air strikes? Reply 
| 0 | Edit | Delete This is really strange. France destroyed a Jihadist command preparation center, ammunition depot and camp for training of terrorists; in retaliation to Paris. Why didn't France, Russia, USA, Egypt or Turkey destroy these sites long before Paris? Are we to believe that by accident France discovered these 'new' targets AFTER Paris? Could Paris have been prevented if they bombed these targets LAST WEEK? Perhaps yes. Reply 
| -3 | Edit | Delete karlof1, Since the first crimes NEVER stop, retaliation was not a crime but an very good step. Supporters of ISIS, probably like you, would even know what the word CRIME means. Reply 
| -1 | Edit | Delete www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJgv39GtcJ0 Reply 
| 1 | Edit | Delete Oh this is going to make Turkey, Qatar and Obama mad, now they have to replace all that lost ordnance with out getting caught doing so. Maybe the US Air Force can do another air drop and say they have no clue where it went. Reply 
| -1 | Edit | Delete Mitach2002, Well now the French are weelly, weely mad. Reply 
| -1 | Edit | Delete Humans have been killing each other without any results since the beginning of time. Reply 
| 2 | Edit | Delete Well said jas, as a Syrian, I appreciate all the sensible comments you make. Thank you my friend. Reply 
| 1 | Edit | Delete The Paris thing was a fake. They all are now. Methinks, on the Raqqa bombing was in hopes they could keep Russia from REALLY bombing it. Reply 
| -2 | Edit | Delete bob, Like to find you so I can sue you for slander and defamation of character. Reply 
| 1 | Edit | Delete Hopefully, they asked the Syrian government permission for this attacks. If NOT why not attack them inside FRANCE, where they already establishing themselves? Reply 
| 2 | Edit | Delete cast235, I'm sure they would've had coordinate the attack with Russia.
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| 1 | Edit | Delete Shue, Thank you for the kind words. I also send my expression of appreciation and friendship. Reply 
| 0 | Edit | Delete There is something rotten in Denmark. Russia and Syria were doing a wonderful job. Now, as a result of an unknown bunch of assasins saying they are the Islamic State, the whole world believes that immediately, without any inquire, and jumps into bombing/invading, whatever, Syria without any knowledge, as far as we, the people, know, neither from Syria nor from Russia, the only other country officially approved by the Syrian government. There is something rotten in Denmark; that is a fact. We are all used to that after decades of seeing the same methodology applied. Reply 
| -1 | Edit | Delete karlof1, What an uninformed reply/comment! You do not seem to know what the word Slander means....When Islamists murder westerners, whether in a concert hall, football stadium or anywhere else, then retaliation is justified because this is not just crimes...it is a war between Good and Evil... Reply 
| 0 | Edit | Delete The bottom line is that the New World Order Leadership can not put up with Mr. Putin and with the Russian Leadership because they are in their way, unmasking them, one way or the other, in a brightest way. That is obvious; the New World Order Leadership can not even listen to their names, especially "Mr. Putin", without going crazy. Completely. We shall see. All is in the Bible; I just did not know that I was myself going to see it unfold. I have no doubt that Russia will win. Reply 
| -1 | Edit | Delete karlof1, When you talk about "another western value' my friend, you really mean I think retaliation against WAR CRIMES committed by ISIS and their supporters. You are wrong in International Law and the commons to suggest that retaliation by Western societies in these cases, is a crime. Anyone who supports this opinion portrays themselves as sympathizers and supporters of ISIS and their ideals. There is absolutely no way to retaliate, without killing the scumbags and planting them all underground. BTW there is no 'Paradise' unless that words means six foot underground. There is no afterlife, there is no Allah and no God. They are both imaginary crutches for weak minded, uneducated imbeciles who think some miracle will save them from their suffering when in fact, one can attribute their suffering to their own circumstances, whether good or bad. Reply 
| -1 | Edit | Delete kyle_anderson, sure they didnt Reply 
| -1 | Edit | Delete One has to commend France, so soon after a heinous attack, everyone agrees, it is remarkable that they have a bombing schedule so quickly worked out. Hope they co-ordinated their actions with Russia to avoid problems. The only way they can respond so swift is by being fed sat intel via Washington. Danger is ... Washington will feed them tainted intel with a view to a 'accidental' misunderstanding with Russian airforces. Hope it never happens Reply 
| -1 | Edit | Delete PUSH THE WAR INTO IZRAEL, SAUDI ARABIA! THIS IS THE WAY THE WAR IN SYRIA CAN END! THE ONLY WAY! cruise missile the main oil production in Saudi Arabia, as means of sustaining terror campaign, even for the downing of the WTC, for God sake! kill the oil export of Saudi Arabia and Russia will lose not a single soldier, but triple or quadruple their benefits from oil export. neocons broght their own downfall. killing the dollar is not enough anymore. no easy escape for the guilty! too much was done, for this the downfall of the petrodollar is NOT ENOUGH. west must become poor!
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IF they would had listen to warning , they said it.. Ask MR.. FARAGE!!
He said it. E.U is not listening and thinking they gods, doesn't help. Hollande said, "We are helping the opposition defeat and oust Assad!"..France should oust Hollande. He stubbornness, and despotism, created the ambient for this attack.
I said... France should OUST Hollande. HE was the cause for this. NATO chief should be prosecuted for arming and training terrorists, to do and armed coups, that created a near genocide. They keep doing this things, because they get away with it.
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Personally, I think this was just to save face in front of the public. Those scum bag French Gov have been an ISIS supporters all along.
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