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Drone Strike in Iraqi Kurdistan Kills French Officer, First French Casualty of Iran-Linked 2026 War
On 13 March 2026 a kamikaze drone hit a Franco-Kurdish base in Makhmour near Erbil, killing Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion and wounding six other French soldiers—France’s first combat death since the regional war erupted after last month’s US-Israeli strikes on Iran.