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09-10-2014, 07:39 PM
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The country says it would join a U.S.-led military and financial coalition to fight the Islamic State.
PARIS (AP) — France offered Wednesday to take part in airstrikes against extremist fighters in Iraq if needed, but insisted on a more careful tack for Syria.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called for international mobilization against militants from the Islamic State group, which he called "this transnational danger that could reach all the way to our soil."
The French gesture came before President Barack Obama is expected to outline Washington's plans for fighting Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. France, which has pushed for action against militants in Iraq and Syria, has said it would join a U.S.-led coalition but has been cautious about what role it would play.The French president and foreign minister are going to Iraq on Friday, and France is hosting an international conference Monday on Iraq. "We will participate, if necessary, in military air action" in Iraq, Fabius said, according to a text provided by the French Foreign Ministry.
The country says it would join a U.S.-led military and financial coalition to fight the Islamic State.
PARIS (AP) — France offered Wednesday to take part in airstrikes against extremist fighters in Iraq if needed, but insisted on a more careful tack for Syria.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called for international mobilization against militants from the Islamic State group, which he called "this transnational danger that could reach all the way to our soil."
The French gesture came before President Barack Obama is expected to outline Washington's plans for fighting Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. France, which has pushed for action against militants in Iraq and Syria, has said it would join a U.S.-led coalition but has been cautious about what role it would play.The French president and foreign minister are going to Iraq on Friday, and France is hosting an international conference Monday on Iraq. "We will participate, if necessary, in military air action" in Iraq, Fabius said, according to a text provided by the French Foreign Ministry.