Terrorism in France

Terrorism in France
	Part of the Opération Sentinelle, War on terror, Islamic terrorism in Europe
	; Site of the 2016 Nice truck attack, the following day.
Date	15 September 1958 – present
Location	France
Status	Ongoing Opération Sentinelle, French military-led domestic counter-terrorism operation.; French military intervention in Syria, Mali and Niger, with jihadists as primary target.;
Belligerents
Government of France French Armed Forces French Army; French Navy; French Air and Space Force; National Gendarmerie; National Guard; ; Minister of the Interior Law enforcement in France; National Police; ; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; National Defense;	Islamic State Military of IS; Libyan Provinces; Wilayat al-Jazair; Greater Sahara Province; Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade; IS-GS; ISWAP; Al-Qaeda European militias Al-Qaeda; Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent; al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb; Al-Shabaab; Hurras al-Din; Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin; Boko Haram; Al-Mourabitoun; Ansar Dine; Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa; Ansaru; Jihadism (Islamic terrorism) and Antisemitism National Liberation Front; Organisation armée secrète; Charles Martel Group; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia; Abu Nidal Organization; Hezbollah; Islamic Jihad Organization; Action Directe; Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions; French and European Nationalist Party; Armed Islamic Group of Algeria; Afghan Revolutionary Front;
Commanders and leaders
Emmanuel Macron ; (President 2017–present); François Bayrou ; (Prime Minister 2024–present); Bruno Retailleau ; (Minister of the Interior 2024–present); Sébastien Lecornu ; (Minister of the Armed Forces 2022–present); Thierry Burkhard ; (Chief of the Defence Staff 2021–present); Pierre Schill ; (Chief of the Army Staff 2021–present); Nicolas Vaujour ; (Chief of the Naval Staff 2023–present); Jérôme Bellanger ; (Chief of the Air and Space Force Staff 2024–present) Former Charles de Gaulle ; Georges Pompidou ; Alain Poher ; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ; François Mitterrand ; Jacques Chirac ; Nicolas Sarkozy ; François Hollande ; Michel Debré ; Maurice Couve de Murville ; Jacques Chaban-Delmas ; Pierre Messmer ; Raymond Barre ; Pierre Mauroy ; Laurent Fabius ; Michel Rocard ; Édith Cresson ; Pierre Bérégovoy ; Édouard Balladur ; Alain Juppé ; Lionel Jospin ; Jean-Pierre Raffarin ; Dominique de Villepin ; François Fillon ; Jean-Marc Ayrault ; Manuel Valls ; Bernard Cazeneuve ; Édouard Philippe ; Jean Castex ; Élisabeth Borne ; Gabriel Attal ; Michel Barnier ; Émile Pelletier ; Jean Berthoin ; Pierre Chatenet ; Roger Frey ; Christian Fouchet ; Raymond Marcellin ; Michel Poniatowski ; Christian Bonnet ; Gaston Defferre ; Pierre Joxe ; Charles Pasqua ; Philippe Marchand ; Paul Quilès ; Jean-Louis Debré ; Jean-Pierre Chevènement ; Daniel Vaillant ; François Baroin ; Michèle Alliot-Marie ; Brice Hortefeux ; Claude Guéant ; Bruno Le Roux ; Matthias Fekl ; Gérard Collomb ; Christophe Castaner ; Gérald Darmanin ; Pierre Guillaumat ; Pierre Messmer ; Michel Debré ; Robert Galley ; Jacques Soufflet ; Yvon Bourges ; Joël Le Theule ; Charles Hernu ; Paul Quilès ; André Giraud ; Jean-Pierre Chevènement ; Pierre Joxe ; Pierre Bérégovoy ; François Léotard ; Charles Millon ; Alain Richard ; Michèle Alliot-Marie ; Hervé Morin ; Alain Juppé ; Gérard Longuet ; Jean-Yves Le Drian ; Sylvie Goulard ; Florence Parly ; Paul Ély ; Gaston Lavaud ; André Martin ; Charles Ailleret ; Michel Fourquet ; François Maurin ; Guy Méry ; Claude Vanbremeersch ; Jeannou Lacaze ; Jean Saulnier ; Maurice Schmitt ; Jacques Lanxade ; Jean-Philippe Douin ; Jean-Pierre Kelche ; Henri Bentégeat ; Jean-Louis Georgelin ; Édouard Guillaud ; Pierre de Villiers ; François Lecointre ; André Zeller ; André Demetz ; Louis Le Puloch ; Émile Cantarel ; Alain de Boissieu ; Jean Lagarde ; Jean Delaunay ; René Imbot ; Maurice Schmitt ; Gilbert Forray ; Marc Monchal ; Philippe Mercier ; Yves Crène ; Bernard Thorette ; Bruno Cuche ; Elrick Irastorza ; Bertrand Ract-Madoux ; Jean-Pierre Bosser ; Thierry Burkhard ; Georges Cabanier ; André Patou ; André Storelli ; Marc de Joybert ; Albert Joire-Noulens ; Jean-René Lannuzel ; Yves Leenhardt ; Bernard Louzeau ; Alain Coatanéa ; Jean-Charles Lefebvre ; Jean-Luc Delaunay ; Jean-Louis Battet ; Alain Oudot de Dainville ; Pierre-François Forissier ; Bernard Rogel ; Christophe Prazuck ; Pierre Vandier ; Edmond Jouhaud ; Paul Stehlin ; André Martin ; Philippe Maurin ; Gabriel Gauthier ; Claude Grigaut ; Maurice Saint-Cricq ; Guy Fleury ; Bernard Capillon ; Achille Lerche ; Jean Fleury ; Vincent Lanata ; Jean-Philippe Douin ; Jean Rannou ; Jean-Pierre Job ; Richard Wolsztynski ; Stéphane Abrial ; Jean-Paul Paloméros ; Denis Mercier ; André Lanata ; Philippe Lavigne ; Stéphane Mille ;	Ayman al-Zawahiri †; Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Leader of IS); Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi †; Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi †; Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi †; Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi †; Abu Ali al-Anbari †; Abu Omar al-Shishani †; Abu Waheeb †
Strength
Unknown	ISIL: 200,000 in Iraq and Syria (claim by Iraqi Kurdistan Chief of Staff) ; 28,600–31,600 in Iraq and Syria (Defense Department estimate) ; 35,000–100,000 (State Department estimate) ; 1,500+ in Egypt ; 6,500–10,000 in Libya ; 7,000–10,000 in Nigeria ; 1,000–3,000 in Afghanistan ; At least 400 in the Philippines and Malaysia ; Up to 600 tanks ;
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: 80,000+ killed and 33,000+ targets destroyed or damaged in the American-led intervention in Iraq and Syria; 1,500–2,500 killed in Libya; 974 killed in Philippines; 300 killed in Afghanistan; 1,000+ killed in Egypt; ;
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Terrorism in France refers to the terrorist attacks that have targeted the country and its population during the 20th and 21st centuries. Terrorism, in this case is much related to the country's history, international affairs and political approach. Legislation has been set up by lawmakers to fight terrorism in France.

CBC News reported in December 2018 that the number of people killed in terrorist attacks in France since 2015 was 249, with the number of wounded at 928. Since 1970, France experienced 2,654 terrorist incidents, resulting in 1,247 terrorist-related deaths and 2,559 injuries, the second highest in western Europe after the United Kingdom. France remains the country most affected by Islamist terrorism within Europe, with recent data showcasing a total of 82 Islamist attacks and 332 deaths from 1979 to 2021.