French President Emmanuel Macron (C) tours the Our Lady of the Hour Church in Iraq's second city of Mosul, in the northern Nineveh province, on August 29, 2021. Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP French President Emmanuel Macron was to pay a visit Sunday to the Islamic State group's former Iraqi stronghold Mosul, a day after vowing to keep troops in the country. Macron made the commitment during a regional summit in Baghdad largely devoted to the fight against terrorism and the impact of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan as the US withdraws.

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