A plume of smoke rises following an interception of a drone in Erbil, Iraq on March 12, 2026

A plume of smoke rises following an interception of a drone in Erbil, Iraq on March 12, 2026

 Shvan HARKI

A French soldier was killed in an attack in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, confirming the first French military death in the Middle East war. 

Since US-Israeli strikes on Iran last month engulfed the Middle East in war, multiple attacks attributed to pro-Iranian factions have targeted the region where foreign forces are based as part of an international anti-jihadist coalition. 

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