As per the statement, fighter planes had attacked an IS depot in north-east Iraq, and has added that there would be more raids in the coming days. Incidentally, the US has carried out more than 170 air strikes against the jihadist group in Iraq since mid-August.
France has also clarified that it would target in Iraq and not in Syria.
The air strike comes a day after President Hollande had indicated that he had agreed to an Iraqi request for air support, and has also insisted that he would not send ground troops.
France had been carrying out reconnaissance flights over Iraq and providing weapons to Kurdish fighters in the north and it is understood that Rafale planes had carried out the attack and it was a success because "the objective was hit and completely destroyed".
Qassim al-Moussawi, a spokesman for the Iraqi military, has revealed that four French air strikes had hit the town of Zumar and killed dozens of militants.
The Islamic State continue to remain in control of dozens of cities and towns in Iraq and Syria, where it has declared a caliphate.
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