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    France’s position in Middle East is defensive, Macron says, after attack on its soldiers

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    PARIS, March ‌13 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel ​Macron said on Friday ⁠a drone attack in Northern Iraq against ​French soldiers was "unacceptable" and that ‌France's position in the region was "defensive".

    Macron told a ⁠news conference with ⁠Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Paris that he had asked for ‌a full military analysis ⁠to be ‌made of the ​attack.

    One French soldier was killed and six ‌others were wounded ​after ⁠a drone attack in ‌northern Iraq ⁠that President Emmanuel Macron earlier had said was ​said was ‌unacceptable and unjustified.

    (Reporting by ⁠Dominique Vidalon, ​Sudip Kar-Gupta, editing by ​Inti Landauro)

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