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Terrorism in France
Part of the Opération Sentinelle, War on terror, Islamic terrorism in Europe
Site of the 2016 Nice truck attack, the following day.
Date
15 September 1958 – present
Location
France
Status
Ongoing
Opération Sentinelle, French military-led domestic counter-terrorism operation.
French military intervention in Syria, Mali and Niger, with jihadists as primary target.
Belligerents
Government of France
French Armed Forces
French Army
French Navy
French Air and Space Force
National Gendarmerie
National Guard
Minister of the Interior
Law enforcement in France
National Police
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
National Defense
Islamic State
Military of IS
Libyan Provinces
Wilayat al-Jazair
Greater Sahara Province
Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade
IS-GS
ISWAP
Al-Qaeda European militias
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent
al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al-Shabaab
Hurras al-Din
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
Boko Haram
Al-Mourabitoun
Ansar Dine
Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
Ansaru
Jihadism (Islamic terrorism) and Antisemitism
National Liberation Front
Organisation armée secrète
Charles Martel Group
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
Abu Nidal Organization
Hezbollah
Islamic Jihad Organization
Action Directe
Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions
French and European Nationalist Party
Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
Afghan Revolutionary Front
Commanders and leaders
Emmanuel Macron (President 2017–present) Élisabeth Borne (Prime Minister 2022–present) Gérald Darmanin (Minister of the Interior 2020–present) Sébastien Lecornu (Minister of the Armed Forces 2022–present) Thierry Burkhard (Chief of the Defence Staff 2021–present) Pierre Schill (Chief of the Army Staff 2021–present) Pierre Vandier (Chief of the Naval Staff 2020–present) Stéphane Mille (Chief of the Air and Space Force Staff 2021–present)
Former
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Alain Poher
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
François Mitterrand
Jacques Chirac
Nicolas Sarkozy
François Hollande
Michel Debré
Maurice Couve de Murville
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Pierre Messmer
Raymond Barre
Pierre Mauroy
Laurent Fabius
Michel Rocard
Édith Cresson
Pierre Bérégovoy
Édouard Balladur
Alain Juppé
Lionel Jospin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Dominique de Villepin
François Fillon
Jean-Marc Ayrault
Manuel Valls
Bernard Cazeneuve
Édouard Philippe
Jean Castex
Bruno Le Roux
Matthias Fekl
Gérard Collomb
Christophe Castaner
Jean-Yves Le Drian
Sylvie Goulard
Florence Parly
Pierre de Villiers
François Lecointre
Jean-Pierre Bosser
Thierry Burkhard
Bernard Rogel
Christophe Prazuck
Denis Mercier
André Lanata
Philippe Lavigne
Unknown
Strength
Unknown
ISIL:
200,000 in Iraq and Syria (claim by Iraqi Kurdistan Chief of Staff)[1]
28,600–31,600 in Iraq and Syria (Defense Department estimate)[2]
35,000–100,000 (State Department estimate)[3]
1,500+ in Egypt
6,500–10,000 in Libya[4]
7,000–10,000 in Nigeria[5]
1,000–3,000 in Afghanistan[6][7]
At least 400 in the Philippines and Malaysia
Up to 600 tanks[8][9]
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:
80,000+ killed[10] and 33,000+ targets destroyed or damaged in the American-led intervention in Iraq and Syria[11]
1,500–2,500 killed in Libya[12][13]
974 killed in Philippines
300 killed in Afghanistan[14]
1,000+ killed in Egypt[15][16][17]
Unknown
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Terrorism in France refers to the terrorist attacks that have targeted the country and its population during the 20th and 21st centuries. Terrorism, in this case is much related to the country's history, international affairs and political approach. Legislation has been set up by lawmakers to fight terrorism in France.
CBC News reported in December 2018 that the number of people killed in terrorist attacks in France since 2015 was 249, with the number of wounded at 928.[18] Within the European Union, France is the most affected country with recent data showcasing a total of 82 Islamist attacks and 332 deaths from 1979 to 2021.[19]
Terrorist incidents map of France 1970–2015. Paris, Corsica and southwestern France are major places of incidents. A total of 2,616 incidents are plotted.Terrorism deaths in France recorded in the Global Terrorism Database. The spike in 2015 is over 6 times the previous maximum since 1970 and is indicated by a number off the scale.
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^"Operation Inherent Resolve and other overseas contigency operations" (PDF). media.defense.gov. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^"Briefing With Special Representative for Syria Engagement and Special Envoy for the Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS Ambassador James Jeffrey". state.gov. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^"U.S. Bombing in Libya Reveals Limits of Strategy Against ISIS". The New York Times. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
^"How Big Is Boko Haram?". 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
^"Islamic State group loyalists eye a presence in Afghanistan". Associated Press. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^"US 'tracking closely' ISIL threat in Afghanistan". Al Jazeera. 18 December 2015.
^"U.S.-led forces drop nearly 5,000 bombs on ISIS". Al Arabiya. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
^"Fears of massacre as Isis tanks lead assault on Kurdish bastion". The Times. 4 October 2014.
^"Once promised paradise, ISIS fighters end up in mass graves". The Straits Times. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^"The Global Coalition – Working To Defeat ISIS". US Department of State. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^"SpecOps Commander: 60,000 ISIS Fighters Killed by US Troops". military.com. 14 February 2017.
^"Al-Ghasri: 2500 IS radicals were killed in Sirte battle". Libya Observer. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
^"U.S. says 300 Islamic State fighters killed in Afghan operation". Reuters. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^Stephen, Chris; Malsin, Jared (17 February 2015). "Egyptian air strikes in Libya kill dozens of Isis militants". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
^"SIRTE, Libya: Islamic State fighting in Libya's Sirte claims at least 19 lives – Middle East – McClatchy DC". McClatchy DC. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
^"US jets target senior IS leader in attack on Libya camp". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
^Jonathon Gatehouse (12 December 2018). "By the numbers: France's battle against terror". CBC News. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
^"Islamist Terrorist Attacks in the World 1979-2021". Fondapol. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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