After the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government, rebels took power and sought to establish relations with other countries. France spoke on the situation in the country through Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces, and Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, both traveling this Tuesday, December 31, to Lebanon.
The French army carried out targeted strikes against sites of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria on Sunday, December 29, declared the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, on Tuesday, December 31.
“On Sunday, French air assets carried out targeted strikes against Daesh (Islamic State) sites on Syrian soil,” said Sébastien Lecornu on the social network X. The minister also broadcast a video showing strikes carried out against two separate targets.
Our armies remain committed to the fight against terrorism in the Levant.
They have contributed to the international coalition “Operation Inherent Resolve” (OIR), since 2014 in Iraq and 2015 in Syria.
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— Sébastien Lecornu (@SebLecornu) https://twitter.com/SebLecornu/status/1873988975930548616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
These strikes, he said, were carried out as part of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), a military operation carried out as part of the international coalition in Iraq and Syria.
In total, seven bombs were dropped against two targets, BFMTV reported, citing the Ministry of the Armed Forces. The Ministers of the Armed Forces and Foreign Affairs, Sébastien Lecornu and Jean-Noël Barrot, are traveling to Lebanon on Tuesday in order, in particular, to celebrate New Year's Eve with the French soldiers of the United Nations force (UNIFIL) at the Deir Kifa camp, in the south of the country.
“That Syrians can take control of their own destiny”
France hopes in Syria “a political transition which integrates all communities in their diversity”, said the head of French diplomacy Jean-Noël Barrot on Tuesday at AFPTV, during a trip to Lebanon.
“Our main expectation is that Syrians can take control of their own destiny”specified Mr. Barrot. “For this, there must be a political transition in Syria, after the fall of the criminal regime of Bashar al-Assad, which integrates all of Syria's communities, in their diversity, which ensures respect for the most basic rights , fundamental freedoms.”
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