By BBC France renews air strikes on Islamist targets in Mali
France has deployed Mirage jets in Mali
The French military has kept up its bombing of militant targets in Mali for a third day, as part of an offensive to drive back Islamists.
“There were [air strikes] last night, there are now and there will be today and tomorrow,” Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in Paris on Sunday.
The militants suffered “significant” casualties, he said, and hangars and “sensitive sites” were destroyed.
France’s decision to intervene so soon took many by surprise.
A UN-backed international force had not been expected to deploy in the west African state until the autumn.
But last week the Islamists, who already control large swathes of the north, pushed further south, capturing the strategically important town of Konna.
French President Francois Hollande said France and Europe would be threatened by the creation of a “terrorist state”.
Troops from neighbouring African states – Niger, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Togo – are expected to arrive in Mali within days to support the government.
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