PARIS – France made an unprecedented demand Tuesday that its European Union allies support its military action against the Islamic State group and launched new airstrikes on the militants’ stronghold in Syria. The French government invoked a never-before-used article of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty obliging members of the 28-nation bloc to give “aid and assistance by all the means in their power” to a member country that is “the victim of armed aggression on its territory.” The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for attacks Friday in Paris that killed at least 129 people and left over 350 wounded. French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le...
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