REUTERS•EPA•GETTY Francois Hollande said France is now at war with ISIS

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Officials in Paris confirmed in a statement that French jets had conducted an air raid against ISIS in Raqqa, Syria. The raids destroyed a command centre and training ground, an army official said, with ten Rafale and Mirage 2000 fighters dropping 16 bombs just after midnight British time.

France is at war Francois Hollande

The French President dramatic comments follow after the Paris terror attacks on Friday night which left 129 people dead. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks at the Bataclan conert hall, near the Stade de France football stadium and at cafes and restaurants in the French capital. Speaking to his country's congress yesterday, the French President said: "France is at war. "These attacks were war. It was an attack against our values, against our youth and our way of life.” There have been worldwide messages of solidarity and France - which declared a state of emergency shortly after the atrocities - has also declared a three day mourning period. It's first act of retaliation came on Sunday night when it launched a bombing raid on sites in the terror group’s de facto Syrian capital.

GETTY IMAGES Francois Hollande has vowed to take the fight to ISIS

Speaking about the airstrikes, Mr Hollande said: "Since the beginning of the year, this organisation has attacked Paris, Denmark, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Libya. "Every single day they massacre and oppress people. That’s the reason why we need to destroy ISIS. "That’s something which involves the whole international community. I’ve asked for the UN security council to get together as soon as possible in order to mark a resolution for the joint will to fight terrorism." And now the French president says he wants to step up the attacks on ISIS. Jihadis who attacked the Bataclan were heard shouting "this is for Syria". Mr Hollande said: “We will pursue these attacks throughout the coming weeks. “On Thursday, aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will go to the Eastern Mediterranean, and that will treble our capacity for action. “There will be no pity and no fear. “The ones who organised the Paris attacks must realise their crimes, rather than making France fear responding, reinforces our determination to destroy them."

Seven of the attackers who killed 129 people between them have all been killed, but a number of suspects - including Salah Abdeslam, 26, are still at large. The French president told his country’s politicians that ISIS threatened not just France but the whole of world. He said: “Terrorism is something we’re fighting everywhere. “We’re fighting it in Mali, in Ira and in Syria. We’re looking for a political solution where Bashar al-Assad cannot represent an end, but our enemy in Syria is Daesh. “It’s not a question of containing it. We have to destroy it to save people in Syria, Iraq and those of Lebanon Jordan, Turkey, all the neighbouring countries. “We must protect ourselves in order to avoid them coming into our territory, as was the case on Friday. Foreign fighters carried out terrorist attacks. “Syria’s become the most important factory of terrorists. The international community is divided, a lack of coherence. France has asked for there to be unity if necessary in order to act. "We’re bringing it to them."

GETTY IMAGES The whole world has paid tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks

"There has to be a gathering of everyone who can fight this terrorist army within the framework of a major and single coalition. We’re working towards that. "I will be meeting President Obama and President Putin to unify forces and to get a result that for the moment is still delayed. “The minister of defence will contact his European counterparts in Nato, and will meeting the treaty which says when a state is attacked, all Nato members must give them solidarity faced with the attack. “The enemy isn’t just France’s enemy, it’s the enemy of Europe.” And Mr Hollande said ISIS’ role in the ongoing refugee crisis threatened the entire continent. He said: “It’s vital to accept people looking for asylum - but to send the people who aren’t genuine back to their country. “We have to protect the EU’s borders. France and Germany are making sure countries faced with migratory foes can be helped. “If Europe doesn’t control the external borders, then -and it’s something we can see today, in front of our very eyes - there will be return to national borders and walls and barbed wire. It’ll be the deconstruction of the European Union."

GETTY IMAGES 129 people died on Friday's terror attack