BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 13. French President
Emmanuel Macron announced the death of a French serviceman in a
drone attack in the Iraqi city of Erbil amid the ongoing
escalations in the Middle East, Trend reports.


"Sergeant Major Arnaud Frion of the 7th Alpine Rifles Battalion
died for France during an attack in the Erbil region of Iraq," the
French leader wrote on his X page.


Macron also confirmed that several servicemen were injured in
the attack.







Earlier, the drone attack was carried out on a base where
Kurdish groups and French forces were jointly located.