France’s GIGN has become one of the world’s most respected counter-terror units, with a legacy of high-risk rescues, hostage ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gendarmes of the French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) take part in a drill near Paris PARIS (Reuters) -Around 50 ...

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 ...

PARIS, May 8 (Reuters) - Around 50 khaki-clad men riding atop a black armoured truck approached an abandoned office building on the outskirts of Paris one spring morning and blew open a second-storey ...

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 ...