Les militaires français blessés dans une frappe de drone au Kurdistan irakien rapatriés en France
The six French soldiers injured Thursday evening in a drone attack in Iraqi Kurdistan were repatriated and hospitalized last night in France, two French sources familiar with the matter told AFP on Saturday.
The remains of Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion, a mountain commando in the 7th Alpine Chasseurs Battalion, killed in the strike, have also been repatriated, according to one of these sources, confirming information from BFMTV and LCI.
The injured were hospitalized in Parisian military hospitals, according to another source.
The severity of their injuries has not been specified.
The soldiers were attacked while inside the "Black Tiger camp," a base under the authority of the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, located southwest of Erbil. They were deployed there as part of the international coalition established in 2014 against the jihadist group Islamic State.
Since the start of the war in the Middle East, Iraqi Kurdistan and Erbil have suffered numerous Shahed drone attacks attributed to pro-Iranian factions, targeting in particular American military installations in the region. Most of these attacks have been neutralized by air defenses.
AFP
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