April 5, 2016: France is sending about a hundred counter-terrorism commandos of the GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale) to Burkina Faso to serve as a rapid reaction force for most ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gendarmes of the French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) take part in a drill near Paris PARIS (Reuters) -Around 50 ...
France's elite counter-terrorism teams are some of the finest in the world and have proven their abilities and bravery over decades of dangerous operations. Most notable of these teams is the ...