A campaign of Islamist attacks occurred in France , beginning with the Île-de-France attacks on 7 January 2015 , between the French Government and ongoing terrorist acts committed by jihadist terror groups like AQAP and ISIL , or isolated individuals who sympathise with the jihadist movement . Since 2015 and until July 2016 , eight Islamic terrorist incidents have occurred in France , including fatal attacks in Île-de-France , Saint-Quentin-Fallavier and Paris . The November 2015 attacks in Paris were motivated by ISIL as a " retaliation " for the French role in Syrian Civil War and Iraqi War
The November 2015 attacks in Paris
November 2015 Paris attacks
Spillover of the Syrian Civil War