French Air Strikes Target 40 Vehicle Rebel Armed Convoy Entering Chad From Libya

A French Mirage 2000 fighter jet takes off from an airbase in N'Djamena on 22 December 2018. Photo: Ludovic Marin/AFP

France 24: French air strikes target convoy entering Chad from Libya

French fighter jets struck targets in northern Chad on Sunday in support of local troops trying to repel a convoy of unidentified fighters that had crossed the border from Libya, France's military said in a statement.

"A Mirage 2000 patrol of the French armed forces intervened jointly with the Chadian army in northern Chad to strike a column of 40 pickups of an armed group from Libya infiltrating deep into Chadian territory," the armed forces said on Monday.

"This intervention at the request of Chadian authorities helped hinder this hostile advance and disperse

the column."

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