French foreign affairs minister Le Drian slams Turkish intervention in Syria During a visit to Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, French foreign affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian slams Turkey's military intervention in Syria and urges the international coalition against IS (Islamic State) to confront the "new risks created by the Turkish intervention in northeast Syria and the risk of an IS resurgence". Le Drian hit out at "two coalition countries ... playing a divisive role, one that had not been discussed and which doesn't correspond to the issues." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES