France follows in US footsteps – launches air strikes on IS positions in Iraq

France has followed in the footsteps of the US and has carried out its first air strike on ISIS positions in Iraq as has been informed by the office of President Francois Hollande bbc.com.
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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Syria willing to work with western powers to check the advances of the ISIS

Syria has expressed its willingness to cooperate with the international community and work with the US and UK in the battle against Islamic State (IS) militants because the very existence of Syria and its President Bashar al-Assad is threatened news.sky.com .
The ISIS fighters have captured the Tabqa air base in northeast Syria after days of fighting that cost more than 500 lives and the Sunni extremists have kept on grabbing large areas of Syria as well as parts of northern Iraq in recent months and has declared a "caliphate" that would straddle both countries.
Incidentally, the Western powers like the US and UK, have been extending support to more moderate rebel fighters in the three-year civil war against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al Assad. However, in view of the sudden appearance and rise of the ISIS, the US has indicated that it could extend the battle against the extremists into Syrian territory.
The US has already been carrying out airstrikes against IS in Iraq, and Syrian foreign minister Walid al Moualem has opened up the possibility of working with countries like the US, Britain and Saudi Arabia – they had supported the uprising against Mr Assad but now, Syria is keen to invite them in the battle against ISIS.
In the opinion of Mr al Moualem, Syria is geographically and operationally the center of the international coalition to fight Islamic State. He has added that the states must come to it if they are serious in combating terrorism. He has also clarified that US aerial raids against IS inside Syria would have to be coordinated with Damascus and anything outside that would amount to aggression.
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