In Iraq, Hollande vows to tackle foreign fighters and their children

French President Francois Hollande (R) is greeted by his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Masum upon his arrival at the presidential palace in Baghdad, Iraq, January 2, 2017 as part of a one-day visit. REUTERS/Christophe Ena/Pool

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - France will fight any French jihadists it finds on the battlefields of Iraq, arrest them if they return home and work to de-radicalize their children, President Francois Hollande said on a visit to Baghdad on Monday.

There are about 60 French citizens fighting alongside Islamic State militants in the northern city of Mosul alone and hundreds more in the rest of the country and Syria, French diplomatic sources said.