With fuel reserves running low, the plane could only get as far as Marseille, where the French special forces, the GIGN were ready. Thierry Leveque, a member of the GIGN described the scene ...

The GIGN, or National Gendarmerie Intervention Group, is one of the world’s most specialized and secretive tactical response units. Tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue, high-risk ...