MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A raid to free a French intelligence agent held captive in Somalia for three years went horribly wrong, leaving 17 Islamists and at least one French commando dead in a ...

The operation by French commandos took place in the Atlantic Ocean and the vessel Ourania A was seized, where 4.2 tons of ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A second French commando has died from wounds suffered during a failed attempt to rescue a French agent in Somalia held hostage by al Shabaab since 2009, the al Qaeda-affiliated ...

The French military had been tracking the gang of hostage-takers across the arid terrain of eastern Burkina Faso for days before deciding to launch the night-time rescue mission that would cost the ...

FRANCE — The Saudi land forces commandos and their French counterparts carried out field training within the Shumrukh 1 exercise in the French Alps. The participants carried out reconnaissance, ...

A French intelligence agent held hostage for over three years by Somali Islamists is presumed dead following a failed rescue operation by French commandos early Jan. 12, according to the French ...

Now, the U.S. confrontation with Somali pirates puts it alongside a number of other nations, notably France. The French military has taken an aggressive role and captured more than 60 pirates. And on ...

The two French Special Forces soldiers Cedric de Pierrepont and Alain Bertoncello who were killed in a night-time rescue of four foreign hostages in an undated photo. (Reuters) French commandos ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sharply denounced France’s recent seizure of a Russia-linked oil tanker, branding the action as “piracy” and warning of major retaliation. The incident has ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A second French commando has died from wounds in Somalia after a failed attempt at the weekend to rescue a French agent held hostage by al Shabaab since 2009, the Somalian rebel ...