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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Macron thanks iraqi pm for support after french soldier killed in drone strike | History Defined

Emmanuel Macron Iraq IS Drone X Kurdistan
A French soldier engaged in the "Operation Inherent Resolve", the international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group. AFP - DAPHNE BENOIT

President Emmanuel Macron expressed gratitude to the Iraqi prime minister for taking measures to protect French forces, after a drone strike killed a French soldier and injured six others in Iraq's Kurdistan region earlier this week.

Macron published a message in French and Arabic on social media platform X on Saturday, saying he had spoken directly to Iraqi prime minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.

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