PARIS: French warplanes pounded the Islamic State (IS) group's de facto Syrian capital Raqa on Sunday, destroying a command post and a training camp, the defence ministry said.

In its first air strike against IS since the string of deadly Paris attacks claimed by the militant group, 12 warplanes, including 10 fighter bombers, dropped 20 bombs on the targets.

“The first target destroyed was used by Daesh (another Arabic acronym for IS) as a command post, recruitment centre and arms and munitions depot. The second held a terrorist training camp,” a ministry statement said.

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The planes left from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates and the attacks were conducted in coordination with American forces, the ministry said.

French President Francois Hollande on Saturday blamed the Islamic State group for the gun and suicide attacks that left at least 129 dead in Paris on Friday, calling them an “act of war”.

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