France Against ISIS: Rafale Jets Aboard Aircraft Carrier Charles De Gaulle Target ISIS Stronghold In Iraq

France has started airstrikes against the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, from aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, according to reports.

The Agence France-Presse reported that several Rafale fighter planes took off from the carrier early Friday to be part of an attack in Mosul, an ISIS-stronghold in Iraq. The country's only aircraft carrier was reportedly sent to the region earlier in September.

Last year, France joined the U.S.-led coalition to hit ISIS strongholds in Iraq and Syria after a series of deadly attacks by the extremist group, including the killing of 12 people at the Paris headquarters of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in January 2015.

This is a developing story.