French airstrikes hit ISIL training camp in Syria

French warplanes have carried out a successful second wave of airstrikes on ISIL in Syria, hitting a training camp.

The overnight strikes hit their targets and more would follow, France’s Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.

“Two Rafale jets dropped bombs on an IS training camp,” he told Europe 1 radio.

“The objectives were accomplished.”

The operation was France’s second wave of airstrikes in Syria, and followed its first strikes on September 27.

Mr Le Drian also criticised Russia’s military action in Syria.

“The Russian military action in Syria over the past 10 days does not target Daesh, their main aim is the security of Bashar al-Assad,” he said.

Earlier this week, French President Francois Hollande said that failure to act in Syria would risk stoking a “total war” in the Middle East.

With AFP.