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A Kurdish Peshmerga soldier is silhouetted, Irbil, Iraq, Jan. 2, 2017.
A Kurdish Peshmerga soldier is silhouetted, Irbil, Iraq, Jan. 2, 2017 © Christophe Ena, AP

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday condemned an attack in northern Iraq that killed a French officer and wounded several soldiers in the Erbil region. Six French soldiers conducting counter-terrorism training in the region were injured in a drone strike, France’s military said on Thursday, hours after an Italian base was also targeted in the region. Follow our live blog for latest updates.

Several French soldiers were injured in Iraq after a drone attack, with one officer dead

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday condemned an attack in northern Iraq that killed a French officer and wounded several soldiers in the Erbil region.

Six French soldiers conducting counter-terrorism training in the region were injured in a drone strike, France’s military said on Thursday, hours after an Italian base was also targeted in the region.

France has hundreds of troops in the Erbil region as part of a wider international coalition to fight Islamic State militants in the region.

In a post on X, Macron said Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion “died for France” and that several of our soldiers were wounded in the attack.

  • A French soldier was killed in an attack in Erbil in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday.

  • The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed factions, claimed responsibility for the downing of a US military refueling plane in western Iraq on Thursday.

  • US President Donald Trump said the war against Iran was moving “too fast”, even as Tehran’s new leader vowed defiance in his first public message.

(France 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)

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