France will send “soon” an aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean to fight “Islamic State”

ARK News: France announced that it will send "soon" the aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" to the eastern basin of the Mediterranean to support the international coalition in the fight against the "Islamic State".

French President Emmanuel Macron added during a speech from the "123 Orléans-Precy "Air Force base on Thursday that "the Naval-Air Force will go in support of Operation North (the French part of the international coalition operation) from January to April, before deploying in the Atlantic Ocean and the sea The North, "according to the French News Agency (AFP).

Macron pointed out that the aircraft carrier "will be at the core of joint operations between several European countries," adding that Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Greece will participate in accompanying the aircraft carrier during its operations.

"Macron" stressed the continuation of its operations against the "Islamic State" in the region, pointing out that the organization "is still a threat, in another way, latent and more subtle."

The United States of America announced the withdrawal from the military bases it established north and northeast of Syria, but it sent military reinforcements to the region via Iraq, in the context of preserving oil fields, as US President Donald Trump said that they are discussing oil investment with international companies.

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