The frequent utterance of the word GIGN in Ad Vitam has made fans curious to know its meaning. Directed by Rodolphe Lauga, the Netflix movie features Franck Lazarev on a challenging quest to find his ...

Take an inside look with us at GIGN - the tip of France’s counterterrorism spear - and the rifles that form the backbone of its tactics and doctrine. We trace how a unit that fields everything from ...

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 ...

The more than 230 passengers and crew aboard Air France Flight 8969 on December 24, 1994, were looking forward to a quick and uneventful flight from Algiers to Paris. Before they took off, four men ...

Explore the origins and evolution of the GIGN, France’s premier counter-terrorism unit within the National Gendarmerie. Founded to handle high-risk operations, hostage rescues, and counter-terrorism ...

NEAR DIJON, FRANCE — The assault team advanced in a line, stacked up behind the point man. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. He was ...

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 ...

Bond girl Olga Kurylenko headlines '15 Minutes of War,' a French genre item from French-Canadian director Fred Grivois. By Boyd van Hoeij A bus full of French children is hijacked by ...

The GIGN – Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale – was created in the aftermath of the deadly failure to counter the hostage taking of Israeli Olympians at the 1972 Games in Munich. A ...

These guys are good, and they know it. Inside Rainbow’s third episode takes a look at French counter-terrorism unit, GIGN. Heavily armored, and armed with skills essential to the team’s survival.

DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti — Marines and sailors from Special-Purpose Marine-Air Ground Task Force Africa began a four-week training evolution with Djibouti’s Group d’Intervention de la Genarmerie ...

The frequent utterance of the word GIGN in the recently released Netflix film Ad Vitam has made fans curious to know its meaning. Directed by Rodolphe Lauga, the movie features Franck Lazarev on a ...