PICTURED: France FIGHTS BACK against ISIS as they bomb jihadis in their heartland
THESE photos shows France fighting back against the evil Islamic State (ISIS) as war planes bomb the jihadis' de facto capital Raqqa.
French fighter jets have been bombing ISIS' stronghold, Raqqa
We are horrified and still trying to come to terms with what happened in France
Footage of the air strikes, released by France’s defence ministry last night, show bombs destroying two ISIS command centres.
The raids, which were carried out by 10 fighter jets, marked the third night in a row that the French air force has bombed the Syrian city.
French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said: "This is where we must hit Daesh, in its lifeblood.”
French warplanes bombing operational sites at the IS Syria stronghold Raqa
The raids come after Friday night’s terror attacks in Paris which killed 129 people and left more than 300 wounded, which ISIS has taken responsibility for.
Earlier this week, aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle sailed from the port of Toulon in the Eastern Mediterranean to help boost France’s attacks on the terror group.
And a Syrian activist group says the strikes have killed at least 33 ISIS jihadists.
More than 30 jihadists have been killed in French bombing raids
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says the real total is likely to be higher, but the bombs left their bodies so severely dismembered it is not possible to give an accurate figure.
The SOHR's head Rami Abdel Rahman said ISIS had “taken precautions” to reduce the number of jihadists killed.
He explained: "There were only guards around the depots and barracks and most of those killed were at the checkpoints."
Raqqa is ISIS' de facto capital
Raqqa has also been targeted by Russian bombers as part of Vladimir Putin’s campaign against the terror group in Syria.
Although previously Russia’s involvement in strikes as part of its campaign in support of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad were separate from Western intervention against ISIS, France and Russia have agreed to work together against ISIS.
French planes have been bombing Raqqa
Yesterday, President Putin told his country’s military to treat France as an ally, and agreed to “closer contact and co-ordination” with French President Francois Hollande.
The news comes after Mr Hollande announced plans to form a coalition with Russia and America to wipe out ISIS.
In a televised address to the French nation, he said: “What’s at stake is annihilating an army that threatens the whole world and not just some countries.”
And earlier today, French police killed two terror suspects and arrested seven more after a siege in the Parisian suburb of Saint Denis.