Explore the origins and evolution of the GIGN, France’s premier counter-terrorism unit within the National Gendarmerie.

The French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) has ordered a new standard issue weapon. It has selected the Bren 2 assault rifle from Czech company CZ. The company told Shephard at the ...

Friday's standoff against the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo terror attack and an apparent ally in France ended with all three dead, as well as at least four hostages ...

April 5, 2016: France is sending about a hundred counter-terrorism commandos of the GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale) to Burkina Faso to serve as a rapid reaction force for most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. French President François Mitterrand congratulates GIGN agents who freed Air France Flight 8969, December 27, 1994.Alain ...

France's elite counter-terrorism teams are some of the finest in the world and have proven their abilities and bravery over decades of dangerous operations. Most notable of these teams is the ...

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On December 24, 1994, Air France Flight 8969 was set for a routine flight from Algiers to Paris. Instead, the passengers and crew spent three days as the hostages of Islamist extremists. They were ...