Credit: Wikipedia Commons / A French military helicopter over the Nigerien town Madama, which serves as a forward operating base for the French, Niger and Chad armies in Operation Barkhane in Sahel region of Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France conducted its first deployment
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The French Air Force dispatched two Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter jets to the West Africa Sahel in an airstrike that reportedly killed at least 50 jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda in Mali, the French government said. Mirage fighter jets
DIPLOMATIC TIME STAFF WASHINGTON – U.S. Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper welcomed France’s Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly to the Pentagon Monday in Washington D.C. to discuss issues of mutual interest between their nations. Parly is in the U.S. Capital this week amid fears