Ongoing Emmanuel Macron (President 2017–present) François Bayrou (Prime Minister 2024) Bruno Retailleau (Minister of the Interior 2024–present) Sébastien Lecornu (Minister of the Armed Forces 2022–present) Thierry Burkhard (Chief of the Defence Staff 2021–present) Pierre Schill (Chief of the Army Staff 2021–present) Nicolas Vaujour (Chief of the Naval Staff 2023–present) Stéphane Mille (Chief of the Air and Space Force Staff 2021–present) Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Leader of IS) Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi † Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi † Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi †[4] Major insurgent attacks Foreign interventions IS genocide of minorities IS war crimes Timeline Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels U.S.-led intervention against ISIL Opération Chammal is a French military operation in Iraq and Syria launched to help curtail the expansion of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and to support the Iraqi Army.

[16] Additionally, the French frigate Jean Bart joined the United States Navy's Commander Task Force 50 (CTF 50) as an escort.

[18] In response, France decided to expand the scope of its operations against the Islamist group, leading to significant assets being deployed.

[23] The next day, the U.S. Air Force launched airstrikes targeting the ISIS fighters, with humanitarian aid support from the United Kingdom and France.

There is no time to lose against the threat of Daech (ISIL) jihadists who now control large parts of Iraqi and Syrian territories, committing more and more extortions.

The French government considered that international legitimacy was provided by 15 August 2014 resolution 2170 from the United Nations Security Council.

[35] A spokesman of the Iraqi military, Qassim al-Moussawi, stated that four French airstrikes had hit the town of Zumar, killing dozens of militants.

[46] On 14 January 2015, François Hollande declared that the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle would deploy to the Persian Gulf with its strike group and that it was capable of supporting airstrikes against ISIL.

[49] From the end of September 2015, France began airstrikes on ISIL in Syria as well, on a small scale to avoid inadvertently strengthening the hand of president Bashar Assad by hitting his enemies.

In November, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told reporters in Amman, "Terrorist attacks have taken place (in France) ...

[53] Germany also intervened in response to the Paris attacks and assisted France by sending a frigate and Panavia Tornado reconnaissance aircraft to Turkey.

[55] Following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, the French Air Force conducted airstrikes against several Islamic State targets in Syria.

[56] France is part of the 60-nation strong international coalition supporting Iraqi and Kurdish forces to reclaim the city of Mosul, which fell to ISIL in 2014.

[58] At the end of September 2016, the Charles de Gaulle was deployed from Toulon to the Syrian coast to support the operation against ISIL through airstrikes and reconnaissance missions.

[61][62] In 2018, the Lafarge cement plant located south of Kobanî, Syria was being used as a base of operations by 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment and United States Army forces.