The French foreign minister announced Tuesday that he will travel to Iraq to discuss with the Iraqi authorities and "the Kurds" to discuss the fate of jihadists held prisoners in Syria.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced on Tuesday that he will travel to Iraq to discuss with the Iraqi authorities and "Kurds" the "security" of the camps where foreign jihadists are held after the launch of the Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria. "The jihadist fighters, I said earlier that there were 10,000, are now in prisons that must be absolutely safe and secure, which is why I'm going to to go back to Iraq in a short time in order to speak with all the actors, including the Kurds, "the minister told the National Assembly.