French jets pound ISIS in Syria, Iraq

French jets from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier struck Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria on Monday while Britain offered France the use of an air base in Cyprus to hit the militants group behind the Paris attacks. French President Francois Hollande met British Prime Minister David Cameron in Paris on Monday as part of efforts to rally support for the fight against Islamic State and Hollande is also due to visit Washington and Moscow this week. Cameron offered air-to-air refuelling services and said he was convinced Britain should carry out air strikes alongside France on the group in Syria and would be recommending that Britain’s parliament vote through such measures. France has intensified its bombings in Syria since the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris claimed by Islamic State that killed at least 130 people. The group is also being targeted from the air by a U.S.-led coalition and Russia. French jets taking off from the country’s flagship in the eastern Mediterranean destroyed targets in Ramadi and Mosul in Iraq on Monday in support of Iraqi forces on the ground, the French armed forces said in a statement. In the evening another raid was carried out on Raqqa, Syria, where the French armed forces said its planes had destroyed several facilities including a command centre. The arrival of