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France launched "massive" air strikes on the Islamic State group`s de-facto capital in Syria on November 15 night, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa, where Iraqi intelligence officials say the attacks on Paris were planned.Twelve aircraft including 10 fighter jets dropped a total of 20 bombs in thebiggest air strikes since France extended its bombing campaign against the extremist group to Syria in September. The jets launched from sites in Jordan and the Persian Gulf, in coordination with US forces. On the sidelines of the G20 summit in Turkey , France`s foreignminister Laurent Fabius said his country was justified in taking action in Syria. Meanwhile, as police announced seven arrests and hunted for more members of the sleeper cell that carried out the Paris attacks that killed 129 people, French officials revealed to TheAssociated Press that several key suspects had been stopped and released by police after the attack.
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