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Six French soldiers wounded in drone attack in northern Iraq
Source: FRANCE 24
Six French soldiers engaged in counterterrorism training were wounded Thursday in a drone attack on a joint Peshmerga-French base in Iraq's Erbil region, the French army said.
Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260312-middle-east-war-live-israel-lebanon-iran-gulf
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At least six French soldiers were wounded in a drone attack targeting a joint Peshmerga–French military base in the Makhmour area of Iraq, Erbil Governor Omed Koshnaw said in a statement on Thursday. A security source familiar with the incident confirmed the attack, according to Reuters. The strike targeted the base located in Makhmour, an area in northern Iraq within the Erbil governorate, where French forces are deployed alongside Kurdish Peshmerga troops.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-middle-east-crisis-crude-oil-west-asia-tension-strait-of-hormuz-lebanon-trump-irgc-hezbollah-2881192-2026-03-13
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-middle-east-crisis-crude-oil-west-asia-tension-strait-of-hormuz-lebanon-trump-irgc-hezbollah-2881192-2026-03-13