French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday called on Turkey to reopen a “responsible dialogue” on the Eastern Mediterranean, reports Anadolu Agency. In Ajaccio, we sent a clear message to...

France’s foreign ministry said on Friday that Lebanon’s political forces need to assume their responsibilities and immediately form a government under the auspices of Prime Minister Mustapha Adib. “As...

France’s foreign ministry on Friday said there was no evidence to suggest the armed wing of Lebanon’s Hezbollah was storing chemicals to make explosives in France after a senior...

A France-based Christian group has allegedly been supporting a militia in Syria loyal to the Bashar al-Assad regime and accused of war crimes in the western Hama province, local...

Four ex-directors of a Shia Muslim centre in France have been arrested over concerns they continued to run the organisation despite it being disbanded by authorities in March last...

The leader of Lebanon’s Druze community, Walid Jumblatt, said yesterday that the French initiative is the last chance to save the country. “It appears that some did not understand...

On 25 October, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah will begin his 37th year as a prisoner. This communist activist and resistance hero of the Palestinian cause has been imprisoned in Lannemezan,...

The Libyan government denied what was published by Arab and international media about an expected meeting between the head of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sarraj, and renegade General Khalifa...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday vowed that Washington would prevent Iran from purchasing “Chinese tanks and Russian air defense systems” as the end to a UN arms...

Are there understandings between Turkey and Egypt regarding the Libyan file? This was the question posed by fellow journalist Taha Al-Essawi to Dr Yasin Aktay, chief adviser to Turkish...

The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said his country’s intervention in Libya has prevented street fights from breaking out in the country, Anadolu news agency reported. Cavusoglu explained that the Turkish...

As the tension over maritime borders in the East Mediterranean was escalating between Turkey and Greece, France stepped up with a big stick in support of its fellow EU...

Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament and head of the Amal Movement, Nabih Berri, said yesterday that his movement does not plan to participate in the next government led by...

Recalling France’s massacres in Algeria and Rwanda, the Turkish president said the French president “cannot lecture us on humanity”, Anadolu Agency reported. Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks came at a symposium held...

Ahead of his visit to Cyprus, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for Turkey to withdraw its forces from the East Mediterranean, news agencies reported on Friday. Pompeo...

Turkey condemned French President Emmanuel Macron over the remarks he made with historical flashback after he intervened in a brewing crisis between Ankara and Athens over Eastern Mediterranean exploration...

Weapons provided by Western powers and Iran to the warring sides in Yemen are fuelling the six-year-old conflict, marked by deadly Saudi-led coalition airstrikes and Houthi shelling, UN investigators...

British and European female Daesh suspects are reportedly escaping detention camps in north-east Syria by being smuggled out, mostly through the use of funds raised online. According to Daesh...

Mali has witnessed four military coups since its independence from France in 1960, averaging a coup every twenty years. The exception is that last month’s coup came eight years...

Italy’s prime minister said on Tuesday it was time for Lebanon to rebuild trust between its people and institutions, joining France’s call for change in a nation devastated by...

The head of the Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Paris, Kassi Ait Ali, has announced that the ambitious Algerian-French economic partnership projects are to be revived, Al-Shorouk...

Investigating Judge Fadi Sawwan has started questioning witnesses as well as former and current ministers as part of a probe into the causes behind the 4 August Beirut blast,...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance in name alone. Recent events notwithstanding, the brewing conflict over territorial waters in the Eastern Mediterranean indicates that the military...

Turkey yesterday criticised France for a textbook intended for use in high schools that included propaganda from Kurdish groups it deems terror groups in Syria, the Foreign Ministry announced...

A member of the Greek parliament has criticised the government for allying with and placing its trust in France. Communist MP Liana Kanelli said that France is only showing...

French President Emanuel Macron was the first international or regional leader to visit Beirut following the devastating explosion a month ago. He even toured the port and city before...

French colonialists have returned to Lebanon, with President Emmanuel Macron wanting to restore the colonial “glory” of his predecessors in the region who tortured the people and looted their...

Not since Napoleon stepped foot on the shores of Alexandria in July 1798, embarking on his short-lived invasion of Egypt, has a Frenchman so imperiously sought to topple a...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed that Greece does not support dialogue on the eastern Mediterranean situation and that France is its main instigator. Speaking at a press conference...

The leader of Lebanon’s Druze and President of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, called on Wednesday for the Gulf countries to join the French initiative to “save” the...

France’s intelligence chief has joined efforts to push Lebanon to deliver a new government and reforms, Reuters reported Lebanese sources as saying on Thursday, buttressing President Emmanuel Macron’s bid...

Over 400 people have crossed the Channel in one day making it a record day for crossings. The day before, some 145 people crossed. The narrow strip of water...