Harmattan, the French contribution to the 2011 military intervention in Libya. On 29 August 2013, Chevalier Paul left Toulon. Some reports claimed she had been deployed to the eastern Mediterranean in response to the Syrian Civil War, but the navy authorities declined to confirm she was heading for Syria. From 13 to 26 October 2014, the frigate took part in the large international operational exercise Catamaran 2014 that practiced an amphibious assault. In November 2015, a French Navy press release stated that Chevalier Paul was to be part of the Charles de Gaulle task force launching strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The ship was a component of the Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group, which left Toulon on 13 January for a mission of approximately five months and engaged for eight weeks in the Persian Gulf. On 18 November 2015, Charles de Gaulle set sail and joined its carrier strike group, of which Chevalier Paul is a member. It also consisted of the , the , the British destroyer , the supply ship , and a nuclear attack submarine. On 6 July 2016, following Operation Arromanches 2 in the eastern Mediterranean, the frigate received the Belgian military cross. In May 2017, Chevalier Paul completed its intermediate technical stop which saw the replacement of the two 76 mm turrets named "Hercule" and "Licorne". Coronavirus pandemic During the COVID-19 pandemic, on 15 April 2020, the Ministry of Armed Forces reported that, out of the 1,767 tests conducted on the members of the carrier battle group led by , 668 returned positive. The vast majority of these cases were aboard Charles de Gaulle, and the remainder of the cases were aboard Chevalier Paul. On 12 April the French Navy reported that Charles de Gaulle and accompanying air-defense frigate Chevalier Paul had returned to Toulon, while command and replenishment tanker and anti-submarine frigate La Motte-Picquet had returned to Brest. The 200 sailors of Chevalier Paul were subsequently quarantined for two weeks. On 15 April, the Ministry of Armed Forces reported that, out of the 1,767 tests that had been conducted on the members of the carrier battle group so far, 668 had returned positive. The vast majority of these cases were aboard Charles de Gaulle, and the remainder of the cases were reported to be aboard Chevalier Paul. On 17 April, , Central Director of the Military Health Service,