"Daesh (Isis) is installing itself," Le Drian told French TV, using the Arabic acronym for the Isis group. Three French soldiers have been killed in Libya, the defence ministry confirmed Wednesday, in the first official confirmation that France has troops in the country. "Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian regrets the loss of three French officers who died while on mission in Libya," the ministry said in a statement. France's involvement in fighting Isis in Libya was revealed by French newspaper Le Monde in February, but had never been formally confirmed by the government. As well as highly trained French soldiers operating in secret, Le Monde also says members of the DGSE, France’s external intelligence service are undertaking clandestine missions.

Source: The Local July 20, 2016 08:37 UTC