France will send more military advisors to Iraq and its aircraft carrier will return to the Middle East later this year as part of the ongoing fight against the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL), AFP reported Wednesday (July 13th).
"We will intensify the army's efforts to support the Iraqis as they try to recapture Mosul," French President Francois Hollande said.
The Charles de Gaulle carrier will return to the region "in the autumn" to be used for bombing raids on ISIL targets, he added.
Hollande dispatched the carrier to the region following the November 13, 2015 ISIL attacks in Paris in which 130 people were killed.
