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French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault leaves the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

Frances ‘Conditioned’ Support for Astana Syrian Peace Talks

by Michel Abu Najm | Jan 20, 2017 | Middle East

Paris- France declared its conditioned support three days ahead of the Syria talks to be held in the Kazakhstan capital, Astana, despite that the European country did not receive an official invitation to the negotiations. The peace talks are the first to bring face...

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Francois Fillon, former French prime minister and member of Les Republicains political party, attends a rally as he campaigns in the second round for the French center-right presidential primary election in Lyon, France, November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Robert Pratta

Poll’s Show France’s Fillon Will Easily Beat Far-Right’s Le Pen

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 29, 2016 | World

French conservative Francois Fillon will beat the far-right’s Marine Le Pen by a wide margin in next spring’s election for president, a poll by Kantar Sofres Onepoint showed on Tuesday. Fillon, a former prime minister with radical free-market policies, won...

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A boy runs as he rushes away from a site hit by what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria August 24, 2015. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

France to Seek ICC Investigation for War Crimes in Aleppo

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 10, 2016 | Middle East

France intends to get in touch with the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor to launch an investigation into war crimes it says have been committed by Syrian regime and Russian forces in eastern Aleppo, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Monday....

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Colonel Muftah al-Muqarief (L), who heads oil guards loyal to Libyan military strongman General Khalifa Haftar Haftar, and Colonel Ahmad Mesmari, a spokesman for Haftar, hold a press conference at the Zueitina oil terminal on September 14, 2016,AFP

France Says Libya Needs Compromise

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 19, 2016 | World

France warned on Monday that an offensive by forces loyal to eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar on oil facilities risked plunging the country into further dilemma and urged the national unity government to be more inclusive to break a political deadlock....

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British FM Discusses with French Counterpart Defense, Border Control

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 29, 2016 | World

London – British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Paris on Thursday to meet with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault only two weeks after the French foreign minister called him a liar over his role in Britain’s vote to leave the EU. The French...