Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion of France's 7th Chasseurs Alpins Battalion was killed and several soldiers were wounded in a drone strike on a counterterrorism training exercise in Iraq's Erbil region, President Emmanuel Macron confirmed Friday. Macron condemned the attack as "unacceptable," stating French forces were in Iraq to combat the Islamic State, and noted that a nearby Italian base was also targeted Thursday with no casualties reported.
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Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion of France's 7th Chasseurs Alpins Battalion was killed and several soldiers were wounded in a drone strike on a counterterrorism training exercise in Iraq's Erbil region, President Emmanuel Macron confirmed Friday. Macron condemned the attack as "unacceptable," stating French forces were in Iraq to combat the Islamic State, and noted that a nearby Italian base was also targeted Thursday with no casualties reported.