France's first airstrike in Iraq targets IS compound
France says it has carried out its first airstrike in Iraq and has destroyed a logistics depot held by the Islamic State group.
The office of president Francois Hollande's says Rafale fighter jets struck the depot in north eastern Iraq and the target was "entirely destroyed".
Hollande's office said other operations will continue in the coming days.
It did not elaborate on the type of material at the depot or its exact location.
At a news conference a day earlier, Hollande said France had agreed to conduct airstrikes requested by Iraq to bolster its fight against IS fighters who have captured swathes of the country.
He stressed that France would not go beyond airstrikes in support of the Iraqi military or Kurdish Peshmerga forces, and would not attack targets in Syria, where IS has also captured territory.
French jets have been flying reconnaissance missions over Iraq involving Rafales and an ATL2 surveillance plane since Monday.
