What is Operation Sentinelle?
{{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Operation Sentinelle |partof= [[War on Terrorism]] |image= Vigipirate patrol Paris 2006 Eiffel Tower French Army officers 02.jpg |caption=French [[soldier]]s of the '''Operation Sentinelle''' in protection of [[Eiffel Tower]] |date= 12 January 2015 – ongoing |place=[[France]] |result= |combatant1= [[France]] |combatant2= [[Daesh]], [[Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb|AQMI]] |commander1= |commander2= |strength2= |casualties1= |casualties2= }} '''Operation Sentinelle''' is a [[counter-terrorism]] mission of the French [[army]]. It was put in place in January 2015 after the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting|attacks against the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo]] and the [[supermarket]] ''Hyper Casher''. It was the [[President of the French Republic]], [[François Hollande]], who took the decision to create it and his successor [[Emmanuel Macron]] extended it. All the units of the French army but also of the [[French Air Force]] and the French [[Navy]] participate in Operation Sentinelle. It results in a massive presence of French soldiers in the [[street]]s, public places and [[public transport]], in [[reinforcement]] of the [[police]] and the [[Gendarmerie Nationale|gendarmerie]]. Their function is to provide [[surveillance]] and dissemination of [[jihad]]ist threats. [[Category:National security]] [[Category:Military of France]]