French Soldiers Wounded in Iraq Drone Attack

0:00From geopolitics to global markets, this is global news today. Six French soldiers were wounded and a drone attack while providing counterterrorism training to Iraqi forces in the Erbil region of northern Iraq. This happened on March 12, according to France's Army. Hours earlier, an Italian military base in Iraqi Kurdistan had also come under fire from what officials called a deliberate overnight air strike. That facility hosts NATO personnel. This keeps hundreds of troops in the Erbil area as part of the international coalition battling Islamic state militants. The soldiers were quickly taken to a nearby medical facility after the strike. Iraqi security sources say Shiite militants have stepped up drone and missile attacks on U.S. interests in Iraq over the past three to four days. It's still unclear where this latest drone came from. Local officials, including the Erbil governor, pinpointed the French attack to the Makmour area near a coalition base. Go for the details on injuries or the drone's origin have been released yet.

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