President François Hollande said he would on Monday visit French troops fighting ISIS extremists in Iraq, as he warned that the terrorist threat within France was still live, reports The Daily Star, Lebanon.
"We are not yet finished with the scourge of terrorism. We must continue to fight it abroad -- that's the reason for our military operations in Mali, Syria and Iraq, where I will travel the day after tomorrow to greet our troops," Hollande said.
France has around 500 troops fighting alongside coalition forces in Iraq, backed by Rafale fighter jets.
In the last New Year message of his presidency, Hollande paid tribute to those killed in terror attacks in France this year, including the 86 down in the Bastille Day attack in Nice and smaller-scale attacks on a priest and two police officers.
The fight against terrorism is also domestic, stressed Hollande, citing efforts to foil attempted attacks, closely watching "dangerous individuals" and fighting against radical extremism.
Read more of this AFP report published by The Daily Star, Lebanon.