US issues global travel alert as manhunt continues for Paris attackers
Updated: 2015-11-24 09:20
(Agencies)
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French President Francois Hollande (L) talks with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 23, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] |
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French jets from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier struck Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria on Monday, while Britain offered France the use of an air base in Cyprus to hit the militants behind the Paris attacks.
French President Francois Hollande met British Prime Minister David Cameron in Paris as part of efforts to rally support for the fight against Islamic State. Hollande is also due to visit Washington and Moscow this week. The French president and US President Barack Obama will hold a joint news conference on Tuesday morning, the White House said.
Cameron offered air-to-air refuelling services and said he was convinced Britain should carry out air strikes alongside France and would be recommending that Britain's parliament vote through such measures.
French jets taking off from the country's flagship in the eastern Mediterranean destroyed targets in Ramadi and Mosul in Iraq on Monday in support of Iraqi forces on the ground, the French armed forces said in a statement.
In the evening, a raid was carried out on Islamic State's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, where the French armed forces said planes destroyed several facilities including a command center.
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