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Thirty years of the COS: the new challenges of the French special forces

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One of the French special forces near Niamey, Niger.

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By: Franck Alexandre

Created within the French armies thirty years ago, the Special Operations Command is preparing for new challenges.

After being deployed over the past three decades in the Balkans, Afghanistan and then the Sahel, special forces are seeking their place in new forms of conflict.

The new challenges facing French special forces is the theme of

Lignes de defense

with Franck Alexandre.

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