FILE PHOTO - French President Emmanuel Macron holds a news conference after a European Union summit in Brussels, Belgium March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that a "major danger for France" had been eliminated, after U.S.-backed forces said they had captured Islamic State's last shred of territory in eastern Syria at Baghouz.
"A huge step has been taken today. A major danger for our country is eliminated," Macron wrote on Twitter.
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