France Begins Spy Flights against ISIL in Iraq

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France has joined Britain in carrying out reconnaissance flights in support of the US air campaign against extremists launched in Iraq early last month, the defense minister said on Monday.

"This very morning, the first reconnaissance flights will be carried out in agreement with the Iraqi and Emirati authorities," Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told French troops, including pilots, at the al-Dhafra base in the United Arab Emirates.

Le Drian’s visit to the base came as Paris prepared to host an international conference on a fight back against militants of the ISIL, who have seized swathes of Iraq and neighboring Syria.

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