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Jan- 2025 -

1 January

Senegalese soldiers members of ECOWAS forces (Economic Community of West African States) patrol in Barra, on January 22, 2017.

Senegal President Says No More ‘Foreign Military Presence From 2025′

Senegal's President said that 2025 would see an end to all foreign military presence in the west African country, in a speech to mark the new year.

1 January

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

France Says Struck IS Positions in Syria

French aircraft have bombed Islamic State positions in Syria, Defense Minister Lecornu said, in its first such strike on the country's soil since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Dec- 2024 -

27 December

Air

Babcock's L-39 Albatros trainer aircraft. Photo: Babcock

Rojoef Manuel

Babcock Boosts Pilot Training in France With L-39 Albatros Fleet

Babcock has acquired 11 L-39 Albatros aircraft to expand the company’s international fighter pilot training offering in France.

27 December

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

France Hands Over First Base in Chad Amid Withdrawal

France has handed over its first military base as part of the withdrawal of its military from Chad, the French and Chadian militaries said.

21 December

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

France Withdraws First Contingent of Soldiers From Chad

France began withdrawing soldiers from Chad, after N'Djamena last month abruptly ended military cooperation with the former colonial power.

20 December

Air

Rojoef Manuel

Ireland Buys French-Made Falcon 6X Aircraft

Ireland’s Department of Defence has awarded Dassault Aviation a contract to procure the Falcon 6X jet to improve the military’s multi-purpose strategic reach.

20 December

Europe

Giulia Bernacchi

France Procures DriX H-8 Uncrewed Surface Vessel From Exail

The French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service has acquired the DriX H-8 surface hydrographic drone developed by Exail.

19 December

Europe

Inder Singh Bisht

French Navy Test-Fires Live Torpedo After Two Decades

A French nuclear-powered attack submarine test-fired an F21 torpedo last week, sinking a decommissioned warship to the bottom.

13 December

Europe

In Warsaw, Poland, on December 12, 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. They discuss aid provided to Ukraine and international politics. They also discuss the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which begins on January 1, 2025, and its plans.

Staff Writer With AFP

Macron, Tusk Discuss Idea of Foreign Peacekeepers in Ukraine

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday said he discussed with French President Emmanuel Macron the possibility of stationing foreign troops in Ukraine in case of a ceasefire, but that Warsaw was not currently "planning any such actions."

12 December

Air