French Air Strikes 'Repel Incursion into Chad from Libya'
French warplanes on Sunday carried out air strikes to halt an armed group that entered northern Chad from Libya in a column of 40 pickups, the French military said, adding it acted at Chad's request.
In a statement on Monday, the military said that Mirage 2000 fighters intervened "together with the Chadian army" to "halt the hostile advance and disperse the column," which had "penetrated deep into Chadian territory".
Source: Agence France Presse
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