France 'May Extend Airstrikes on Isil to Syria'

French President François Hollande

THE TELEGRAPH: President Francois Hollande is studying the possibility of sending French warplanes to attack Isil in Syria, according to "high-level sources" cited by Le Monde, and will discuss issue at press conference on Monday

France may extend military airstrikes against Islamic State targets from Iraq to Syria, Le Monde newspaper has reported.

France was the first country to join the US-led coalition carrying out air strikes on Isil targets in Iraq and has supplied weapons to what it considers moderate rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

But it has so far ruled out bombing the terror group’s bases in Syria out of fear that this might benefit the Assad regime.

Le Monde quoted an unnamed "high level source" as saying that in the wake of the growing migrant crisis in Europe, President François Hollande was now considering sending French warplanes to attack Isil in Syria. » | Rory Mulholland, Paris | Saturday, September 5, 2015