US EditionMacron says six French soldiers wounded and one killed in Iraq after drone attack
Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion died and six soldiers were wounded in a drone strike targeting French troops training Kurdish forces, marking France's first Middle East military fatality.
- On March 13, President Emmanuel Macron said a French soldier was killed and six wounded after a drone attack in Erbil.
- Amid the wider West Asian war, since U.S.-Israeli strikes last month, attacks attributed to pro‑Iranian factions have targeted foreign forces, including a March 12 strike on an Italian military base hosting NATO personnel.
- Local officials reported that two drones hit a base in Mala Qara, about 40 kilometres from Erbil, where troops engaged in counter-terrorism training were wounded and taken to a medical facility.
- Macron condemned the attack, saying 'The war in Iran cannot justify such attacks', and France is deploying about a dozen naval vessels including the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier strike group while Italy temporarily withdrew military personnel from the base.
- France has hundreds of troops in Erbil as part of the international anti‑jihadist coalition led by Washington, and the incident risks escalation while oil remains above $100 a barrel.
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On Thursday night, an Iranian-made drone attack in the Erbil region left six French soldiers wounded and killed Petty Officer Arnaud Frion, who succumbed to his injuries.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he had expressed gratitude to the Iraqi prime minister for measures taken to protect French forces following a drone attack that killed a French soldier in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
Macron thanks Iraqi PM for 'measures' to safeguard French forces
President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he had expressed gratitude to the Iraqi prime minister for taking measures to protect French forces, after a drone strike killed a French soldier in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Chia al-Sudani promised Friday to take "the necessary measures to prevent" further attacks, after the drone strike that killed a military...
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