France will supply weapons to Iraq to support its fight against the Islamic State group, President Francois Hollande said on Friday, but ruled out any troop deployment in the country. The carrier "will allow us to intensify strikes against terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq using our Rafale jets," he said. Photo: AFPAFP · 22 Jul 2016, 14:09Published: 22 Jul 2016 14:09 GMT+02:00France is to supply weapons to the Iraqi army, president François Hollande announced on Friday. Story continues below…"We support our allies in Iraq and Syria but we are not deploying ground troops," he stressed. "We have advice to give and training to carry out, but it is not our soldiers fighting on the ground in Syria and Iraq."

Source: The Local July 22, 2016 12:00 UTC