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French carrier ‘ready for air strikes on IS from Monday’: Minister

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French jets will be able to launch air strikes on Islamic State targets from an aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean from Monday, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.

"It will be operational from tomorrow," Le Drian told Europe 1 radio on Sunday, nine days after attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.

French jets will be able to launch air strikes on Islamic State targets from an aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean from Monday, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.

“It will be operational from tomorrow,” Le Drian told Europe 1 radio on Sunday, nine days after attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.

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