Saturday, 14 March, 2026 , 09:49 AFP — 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.
Saturday, 14 March, 2026 , 09:34 AFP — President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he had expressed gratitude to the Iraqi prime minister to taking measures to protect French forces, after a drone strike killed a French soldier in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
Friday, 13 March, 2026 , 21:45 AFP — Turkey on Friday advised its citizens to avoid non?essential travel to Iraq, with the country drawn into the war between Iran and the United States and Israel.
Friday, 13 March, 2026 , 20:00 AFP — Since the United States and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 28, war has spread across the region and casualties have been reported in countries around the Middle East.
Friday, 13 March, 2026 , 19:14 AFP — A drone strike killed a French soldier in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, France's armed forces ministry said on Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the country's first military death in the Middle East war.
Friday, 13 March, 2026 , 18:38 AFP — Here are the latest events in the Middle East war on Friday:
Friday, 13 March, 2026 , 18:36 AFP — Iraq's economy depends almost entirely on its crude oil sales, now seriously threatened by the Middle East war with Iran choking the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
Friday, 13 March, 2026 , 18:18 AFP — An Iranian drone has killed a French soldier in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, his commanding officer said on Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the first French military death in the Middle East war.
Friday, 13 March, 2026 , 17:52 AFP — Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani vowed on Friday to prevent attacks after the killing of a French soldier in an attack in the autonomous Kurdistan region.
Friday, 13 March, 2026 , 17:02 AFP — A French soldier killed Thursday in Iraq by an Iranian-made drone was part of a Western military contingent deployed in the autonomous Kurdistan region to combat a potential resurgence of the jihadist Islamic State group.
