ISIS: France Bombs ISIS Headquarters In Syria

Isis:When you do the crime you will pay in time

French fighter jets launched their biggest raids in Syria to date targeting the Islamic State's stronghold in Raqqa just two days after the group claimed coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people, the defense ministry said.

"The raid ... including 10 fighter jets, was launched simultaneously from the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Twenty bombs were dropped," the statement said, adding that the mission had taken place this evening.

The operation, carried out in coordination with U.S. forces, struck a command center, recruitment center for jihadists, a munitions depot and a training camp for fighters, it said.

French President Francois Hollande vowed in the wake of the attacks in Paris to respond "merciless" to the terror group. "France will be merciless towards these barbarians from Daesh," Hollande said on Saturday, using the Arab acronym for the group.

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ISIS Capital Raqqa: Rare Footage of Raqqa, Syria, Shows Calm Streets in ISIS' Capital while terror reigns

There are few obvious signs of anything out of the ordinary in ISIS' capital city. Food sellers and overflowing stalls open onto the dusty streets of Raqqa, Syria, while women wearing veils push strollers along the sidewalk. But residents living in the ISIS stronghold say the militants maintain that calm though violence. "Everything has changed in the city of Raqqa since ISIS has taken over and we have been living in a state of fear," a 21-year-old salesman who asked not to be named told Transterra Media. "They do field executions in front of our eyes."

Raqqa is among the cities overrun by ISIS before it decreed an Islamic state covering parts of Iraq and Syria earlier this year. The rare footage of Raqqa's streets shot by Transterra hints at ISIS’ oppression: A man with a rifle slung over his shoulder wanders past and ISIS graffiti covers a central monument. "ISIS is patrolling all over the city to ensure the application of laws they imposed on us," said one 19-year-old woman who is training to become a tailor. A 13-year-old boy added: "The day ISIS took over Raqqa they took our childhood from us. They don't allow us to go to school anymore."

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