Operation Chammal: French military operation against ISIS

Q.  Operation Chammal is the name of the military operation against Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) by -
- Published on 26 Nov 15

a. UK
b. US
c. France
d. Russia

ANSWER: France
 
- Operation Chammal is the name of the French military operation which is currently ongoing in Iraq and Syria in an attempt to contain the expansion of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and to support the Iraqi Army.
- Its name comes from the Shamal (Chammal in French), a northwesterly wind blowing over Iraq and the Persian Gulf states.
- The operation is limited to airstrikes; French president François Hollande has reiterated that no ground troops would be used in the conflict.

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