Hollande to visit aircraft carrier off Syrian coast

December 04, 2015 03:36 pm | Updated March 24, 2016 01:51 pm IST - Paris

French President Francois Hollande will visit on Friday military personnel on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier off the Syrian coast, his office said in a statement.

"He will meet the military involved in intensifying the battle against Daesh [Islamic State] in Syria and Iraq," the statement said.

The carrier, which has 38 warplanes on board, was deployed to the east Mediterranean just days after Islamic State claimed responsibility for attacks in Paris that killed 130 people on Nov. 13.

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