France's Le Drian says Turkish offensive in Syria could undermine fight against IS: paper

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday that the Turkish offen...

FILE PHOTO: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, Egypt September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

PARIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday that the Turkish offensive in Syria could undermine years of battling the Islamic State militant group. “It’s a very serious issue. First of all because this Turkish operation in North-Eastern Syria could undermine five years of battling the Islamic State. The Islamic State is not dead,” Le Drian told Le Figaro newspaper.

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