The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has rejected the French initiative for a conference between the Israelis and Palestinians in order to revive the peace process, Quds Press has...

Mayor of the French town of Migennes François Boucher has insisted that a ban on teaching Arabic and Turkish in the schools under his administration remain in place, the...

France has called on Monday for an urgent meeting to monitor violations of the truce deal in Syria after receiving reports of attacks targeting the moderate Syrian opposition. “We...

France must respect international law and make it a reference for the prospective international peace conference, the Anadolu Agency reported a senior PLO official saying yesterday. Member of PLO...

Refugee arrivals in Europe in 2016 have already exceeded 100,000, International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement Tuesday. “Greece alone had received some 102,547 arrivals since the...

Special French Commando forces have recently arrived in Benghazi, Libya, to support Brigadier General Khalifa Haftar and to provide support for military operations in the city, informed Libyan security...

Speaking at a joint press conference following a meeting of the German and Israeli cabinet in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her political alignment with Israeli Prime Minister...

Mayor of the French town of Migennes François Boucher banned on Tuesday teaching Arabic and Turkish languages in the schools under his administration for “security reasons”, Anadolu reported. Boucher...

The Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights warned on Tuesday of the repercussions of Western military intervention in Libya on neighbouring Algeria, which will witness a large...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned France proposal to hold an international peace conference describing it as “strange”. France has been preparing to hold a conference that would bring...

Francois Guizot (1787-1874), France’s foreign minister, and Brugière, Baron de Barante, its ambassador in St Petersburg (the capital of Tsarist Russia) were friends. On 31 December 1840, the minister...

Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad is primarily responsible for the death of 260,000 people in his country and the displacement of half of Syria’s population, French Foreign Minister Laurent...

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Wednesday questioned the United State’s commitment to resolving the Syrian crisis, saying the country’s ambiguity worsens the crisis. “There are the ambiguities including...

The French government has cancelled its order for unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) from the Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit, AlKhaleejonline.com reported on Sunday. Quoting Israel’s Channel 10 TV, it said...

The French government said on Wednesday that it is considering military operations against Daesh in Libya should the appropriate conditions be fulfilled, Anadolu has reported. Spokesman Stephane Le Foll...

The United States and France have accused the Syrian government and Russia of seeking a military solution for the Syrian crisis. “The continued assault by Syrian regime forces –...

The world is growing weary of Israel’s ongoing settlement activity which continues unabated. It is a bitter irony that while the settler-colonial construction in the occupied West Bank and...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday welcomed a French initiative aimed at resuming peace talks between Palestinians and Israel. “We welcome the new initiative announced by French Foreign...

Egypt yesterday received three new Rafale fighter jets from France, the state-run MENA news agency said citing an army spokesman. Brigadier General Mohamed Samir said in a statement that...

France and Iran heralded a series of major deals thought to be worth billions of dollars on Thursday as the two countries resealed trade ties following the lifting of...

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said it was not possible to confirm if a UN sponsored peace conference scheduled for 25 January between the Syrian opposition and regime will...

France yesterday condemned the blockade imposed by the Syrian regime on the town of Madaya, near the Lebanese border. French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said: “While the 40,000...

France and Russia have agreed to strengthen cooperation including exchanging military intelligence related to Daesh in Syria, Palestinian newspaper Al-Resalah reported yesterday. “We have agreed to strengthen our exchange...

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström announced yesterday that her country would not take part or support the French aerial attacks against Daesh in Syria and Iraq, Anadolu reported. In...

When France announced that it would be escalating its aerial operations in Syria after the attacks in Paris on 13 November, it submitted a draft resolution to the UN...

When I arrived in Paris on the evening of Friday, 13 November, my host asked our taxi driver to take us to her home at Fontaine au Roi; the...

Amidst the public uproar in the aftermath of the Paris attacks, commentators have been quick to hint at a possible shift in Daesh’s strategy. The attacks in Egypt, Beirut...

Since the Paris attacks, western politicians have been walking open-eyed into a trap set by the terrorists – just like they did after 9/11. They retaliate with bombs, even...

France’s Permanent Representative to NATO, Jean-Baptiste Mattei, has refuted reports that he had suggested that Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian Su-24 jet undermined “Operation ISIS”, Anadolu reported on...

Germany plans to send a Tornado reconnaissance aircraft to Syria to take part in the war against Daesh. Turkey’s Anadolu news agency quoted German government sources as saying that...

Ground troops are needed to fight Daesh in Syria, which can include forces from the Syrian regime, said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Friday. “It is necessary both...

Ground troops are needed to fight Daesh in Syria, which can include forces from the Syrian regime, said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Friday. “It is necessary both...