https://sputnikglobe.com/20200116/macron-announces-charles-de-gaulle-carrier-will-be-sent-to-help-french-military-ops-in-middle-east-1078054516.html
Macron Announces Charles De Gaulle Carrier Will be Sent to Help French Military Ops in Middle East
Macron Announces Charles De Gaulle Carrier Will be Sent to Help French Military Ops in Middle East
Sputnik International
The statement comes as President Donald Trump has repeatedly demanded that the US’ NATO allies do more in terms of their involvement into Middle Eastern... 16.01.2020, Sputnik International
2020-01-16T17:58+0000
2020-01-16T17:58+0000
2023-02-10T09:00+0000
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/103063/46/1030634657_0:264:3127:2032_1920x0_80_0_0_a73336df144a44db4f8bc38c404fd6ca.jpg
france
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2020
Tim Korso
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e6/03/0d/1093831826_0:0:216:216_100x100_80_0_0_e3f43a960af0c6c99f7eb8ccbf5f812c.jpg
Tim Korso
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e6/03/0d/1093831826_0:0:216:216_100x100_80_0_0_e3f43a960af0c6c99f7eb8ccbf5f812c.jpg
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Tim Korso
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e6/03/0d/1093831826_0:0:216:216_100x100_80_0_0_e3f43a960af0c6c99f7eb8ccbf5f812c.jpg
middle east, newsfeed, europe, france, daesh
middle east, newsfeed, europe, france, daesh
Macron Announces Charles De Gaulle Carrier Will be Sent to Help French Military Ops in Middle East
17:58 GMT 16.01.2020 (Updated: 09:00 GMT 10.02.2023) The statement comes as President Donald Trump has repeatedly demanded that the US’ NATO allies do more in terms of their involvement into Middle Eastern affairs. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg agreed with Trump's view after tensions between the US and Iran put the region on the verge of war in January 2020.
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the country's Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier strike group will be deployed to the Levant between January and April 2020 in order to aid French military Operation Chammal in the Middle East. The operation was originally launched in 2014 to halt the expansion of Daesh* and to support the Iraqi military in its fight against the group.
Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and Greece will also participate in the deployment, escorting the aircraft carrier to its destination.
Macron also noted that following the Middle East deployment, the carrier strike group will move on to new deployments in the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea.
The announcement follows a recent shift in NATO's stance on its Middle East involvement. The alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recently stated that NATO would be more involved in regional affairs following a demand for such a change from President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly urged US allies to do more in Syria and other parts of the Middle East
7 January 2020, 21:33 GMT
Trump's demands came amid increasing tensions between the US and Iran, which nearly descended into a full-scale war between the two after American forces killed IRGC General Qasem Soleimani in an airstrike as he visited Iraq on 3 January. Tehran then launched a massive missile attack against two US bases in the country in retaliation for his assassination less than a week later, but no American servicemen were injured or killed. The tensions between the two have not escalated further since then.
*Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS) is a terrorist organisation banned in Russia
