War on terror

France's Macron: Anti-terror drive 'top priority'

French President Emmanuel Macron says fighting Islamist terrorism will be his top foreign policy priority.

Defeating so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria must go hand-in-hand with anti-terror measures in Africa, he told some 200 French ambassadors.

He called the security of French citizens "the raison d'être of our diplomacy".

IS-inspired terror attacks in France have killed more than 230 people since early 2015.

"We need an inclusive transition in Syria," he said, adding that France and its partners would have to invest in the reconstruction of both Syria and Iraq. "We need to win the peace in both countries."