The more than 230 passengers and crew aboard Air France Flight 8969 on December 24, 1994, were looking forward to a quick and uneventful flight from Algiers to Paris. Before they took off, four men ...

It's been an eventful year already for France's special police units. Three separate "intervention" teams have been called to action since the attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and ...

Friday's standoff against the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo terror attack and an apparent ally in France ended with all three dead, as well as at least four hostages ...

To achieve the 20-minute response time Cazeneuve announced that new branches of GIGN and RAID will be set up around the country and BRI's 100-strong staff will be doubled. The reforms were to stand ...

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Rivalry among the three forces has been known to complicate operations as well as investigations. The traditional areas of operation -- GIGN elite unit of the gendarmes in rural areas, RAID unit of ...