Following Friday's terrorist attacks at multiple sites in Paris, later found to be organized by the Islamic State, French President François Hollande called it "an act of war." He added that France would use "all the necessary means and on all terrains, inside and outside, in coordination with our allies, who are, themselves, targeted by this terrorist threat."
Reuters reports France has made good on that promise today as it launched its "biggest raids in Syria to date," which destroyed two ISIS sites, a training camp and a munitions dump, in Raqqa.
A statement from the Defense Ministry said:
"The raid ... including 10 fighter jets, was launched simultaneously from the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Twenty bombs were dropped."
However the Washington Postreports that opposition activists reached in Raqqa said that they counted as many as 30 bombs, "which they said had hit, among other things, a local football stadium, a museum and medical facilities." They added that the damage has wiped out the electricity of upwards of 200,000 people. Mickael Soria, press adviser for France's defense minister, said that all of the intended targets were destroyed.
Meanwhile, a manhunt is still underway in Paris for an eighth individual who was directly involved in the attacks on Friday and remains at large. The Associated Pressreports that there is currently an arrest warrant for 26-year-old Salah Abdeslam. The warrant calls him "very dangerous" and "warns people not to intervene if they see him."
