GIGN translates to Groupe d’intervention de la Gendarmerie National, an elite police team that tackles missions related to counter-terrorism ... he also joined the force. However, his tenure ...

This elite anti-terrorism unit was created ... a team of three GIGN commandos briefly converted to Islam before helping the Saudi armed forces to plan the recapture of the mosque.

In his epic series, the Age of Terror, journalist Peter Taylor traces ... where the French special forces, the GIGN were ready. Thierry Leveque, a member of the GIGN described the scene: "We ...

Elite French forces are leaving nothing to ... an attack by a Palestinian militant group, the GIGN is responsible for freeing hostages, counter-terrorism operations and other high-risk raids.