Center East struggle reside: A number of French troopers wounded, one officer useless in Iraq after drone assault

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Issued on: 13/03/2026 - 03:44 Modified: 13/03/2026 - 04:25

A Kurdish Peshmerga soldier is silhouetted, Irbil, Iraq,Jan. 2, 2017 © Christophe Ena, AP French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday condemned an assault in northern Iraq that killed one French officer and wounded a number of troopers within the Erbil area. Six French troopers offering counter-terrorism coaching within the area had been wounded in a drone assault, France's military mentioned on Thursday, simply hours after an Italian base was additionally focused within the space. Observe our liveblog for the most recent updates.

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13/03/2026 - 03:18 A number of French troopers wounded, one officer useless in Iraq after drone assault French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday condemned an assault in northern Iraq that killed one French officer and wounded a number of troopers within the Erbil area.

Six French troopers offering counter-terrorism coaching within the area had been wounded in a drone assault, France's military mentioned on Thursday, simply hours after an Italian base was additionally focused within the space.

France has a whole lot of troops primarily based within the Erbil area as a part of a broader worldwide coalition to battle Islamic State militants within the space.

In a put up on X, Macron mentioned Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion "died for France" and a number of other of our troopers have been injured within the assault.

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