DUEKOUE, Ivory Coast — French Foreign Legion soldiers crouch behind logs and sandbags, training their anti-tank missiles, rocket launchers and heavy machine guns west -- into rebel territory ...

Edward — who has a new identity given to him by the Legion — is now an anti-tank missile operator in the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment based near Marseille on the Mediterranean coast.

A soldier from the French foreign legion died in a military hospital near Paris on Friday after being wounded in an explosion in Mali last week in what the French presidency said was an operation ...

PARIS — An avalanche in the French Alps swept away a military unit training in the backcountry, killing five soldiers from the French Foreign Legion and injuring several others Monday, officials ...

A French Foreign Legion armored personnel carrier. Ruth Maclean is the West Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, based in Senegal. She joined The Times in 2019 after three and a half years ...

A French Foreign Legion soldier was killed in combat in Mali, the Élysée presidential palace announced in a press release on Monday. Skip to main content France 24 - International breaking news ...

A soldier from France's Foreign Legion has died following an operation against jihadist fighters in Mali. It's the second French Foreign Legion death in days.

It feels like an anachronism, but the French Foreign Legion—the legendary last-stop military brigade for disgraced officers, French criminals, desperate foreigners, and foolish adventurers ...

12/14/2024 December 14, 2024. The French Foreign Legion is regarded as the toughest army corps in the world. Its soldiers fight on the frontlines of France's wars.