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The French government has announced that it's sending an aircraft carrier to the Middle East to work more closely with the US-led coalition1 fighting Islamic State militants2.
法国政府宣布将向中东地区派遣一艘航空母舰与美国领导的多国联军进行更紧密的合作以对抗伊斯兰国武装分子。
French President Francois Hollande (C) looks out from a window of a helicopter as he departs the French nuclear aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle after he presented his New Year wishes to the French military forces January 14, 2015 off the coast of Toulon, southern France. French President Francois Hollande.
"Thanks to the Charles de Gaulle, we will have valuable information, intelligence. We will be able to, if necessary, carry out operations in Iraq with more intensity3 and more efficiency. The aircraft carrier will work in close collaboration4 with coalition forces. It will give us all the means of a projection5 at any time in case of increased tensions."
The announcement comes after terror attacks killed 17 in Paris last week.
One of the gunmen claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group.
Since the attacks, France has deployed6 10,000 troops and 120,000 security forces to protect sensitive sites, including Jewish schools and synagogues, mosques7 and travel hubs.
France is already carrying out air strikes against the IS group in Iraq.
A branch of Yemen's al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for last week's attack on Paris newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
The satirical weekly itself has seen millions copies of its latest edition being sold out within hours.
However the issue has triggered demonstrations8 in some Muslim countries as it depicts9 a crying Prophet Mohammed on its cover.
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