A French officer has died and several soldiers were wounded after a drone attack in northern Iraq. French President Emmanuel Macron quickly condemned the attack. The strike targeted French forces who were providing counter-terrorism training in the region.
According to Reuters, just hours before the French attack, an Italian NATO base in the same region was also hit. Both incidents point to a growing escalation tied to the wider conflict in Iran. The pattern of these strikes happening on the same night is hard to ignore.
