Three days later, on the tarmac in Marseille, the passengers were freed by a daring raid that was broadcast on live TV, displaying to the world the unique skills of France's elite GIGN.

A gang linked to the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) captured Air France Flight 8969 at Boumedienne airport in Algiers ... When the plane reached Marseille, a GIGN counter-terrorist unit stormed ...

France has reportedly unleashed elite ... and targeting organized crime. GIGN units arrived in Marseille on Saturday evening, according to police in Bouches-du-Rhône. It comes after Marseilles ...

The GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale) is one of the most respected counter-terrorism units in the world, operating under France’s national gendarmerie. Founded in the wake ...

Tensions continue to be very high in France, where the ... Lyon and Marseille. Armored vehicles, helicopters, special departments of the GIGN: in Marseille and Lyon, the two cities that suffered ...

France has promised a 20-minute armed ... it's time for unity," Bernard Cazeneuve told members of the GIGN paramilitary police, an elite RAID unit of the national police and the BRI anti-gang ...