Editing French Armed Forces (section)

===Recent operations===
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There are currently 36,000 French troops [[Deployments of the French military|deployed]] in foreign territories—such operations are known as "OPEX" for ''Opérations Extérieures'' ("External Operations"). Among other countries, France provides troops for the United Nations force stationed in [[Haiti]] following the [[2004 Haiti rebellion]]. France has sent troops, especially [[special forces]], into [[Afghanistan]] to help the United States and NATO forces fight the remains of the [[Taliban]] and [[Al Qaeda]]. In [[Opération Licorne]] a force of a few thousand French soldiers is stationed in [[Ivory Coast]] on a UN peacekeeping mission. These troops were initially sent under the terms of a mutual protection pact between France and the Ivory Coast, but the mission has since evolved into the current UN peacekeeping operation. The French Armed Forces have also played a leading role in the ongoing UN peacekeeping mission along the [[Lebanon]]-[[Israel]] border as part of the cease-fire agreement that brought the [[2006 Lebanon War]] to an end. Currently, France has 2,000 army personnel deployed along the border, including infantry, armour, artillery and air defence. There are also naval and air personnel deployed offshore.

The French Joint Force and Training Headquarters (État-Major Interarmées de Force et d'Entraînement) at Air Base 110 near [[Creil]] maintains the ability to command a medium or large-scale international operation, and runs exercises .<ref>[http://www.defense.gouv.fr/ema/commandement/organismes_et_directions_interarmees/emia_fe/emia_fe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605155257/http://www.defense.gouv.fr/ema/commandement/organismes_et_directions_interarmees/emia_fe/emia_fe|date=June 5, 2010}}</ref> In 2011, from 19 March, France participated in the enforcement of a [[Libyan no-fly zone|no-fly zone]] over northern [[Libya]], during the [[2011 Libyan civil war|Libyan Civil war]], in order to prevent forces loyal to [[Muammar Gaddafi]] from carrying out air attacks on [[Anti-Gaddafi forces]]. This operation was known as [[Opération Harmattan]] and was part of France's involvement in the conflict in the NATO-led coalition, enforcing [[UN Security Council Resolution 1973]]. On 11 January 2013 France begun [[Operation Serval]] to fight Islamists in [[Mali]] and the [[Sahel Region|Sahal Region]] with African support but without NATO involvement and launched [[Operation Barkhane]] to combat terror in African Sahal from 2014 to 2022.