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French strike hits IS oil facility in Syria: French defence minister

Published: 09 Nov 2015 - 05:00 pm | Last Updated: 24 Nov 2021 - 05:49 am
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Dakar: The French army on Sunday bombed an oil supply centre held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced Monday.

"We intervened in Syria... yesterday evening with a strike on an oil supply centre near Deir Ezzor on the border between Iraq and Syria," Le Drian told journalists on the sidelines of a forum on African peace and security in Dakar, Senegal.

AFP