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File photo: French Defense Minister Florence Parly. Benjamin Cremel/AFP

Paris: Freeing Raqqa of Last ISIS Holdouts May Take ‘Weeks’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 6, 2017 | Middle East

French Defense Minister Florence Parly said Friday that the battle to flush ISIS militants of their last holdouts in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa could drag on for “weeks.” “It’s probably a question of weeks,” Parly told France Inter...

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Macron and al-Abadi at the Elysee on Thursday, REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Abadi Does Not Want to Fight Kurds, Erdogan Supports Closing Borders

by Michel Abu Najm and Said Abdul Razzak | Oct 6, 2017 | Middle East

Paris, Ankara — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi confirmed on Thursday that he does not want an armed confrontation with the Kurds in relation to the crisis of the referendum on independence held in the Kurdistan region on Sept. 25. Meanwhile, Turkish President...

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Saudi and French military personnel saluting the flags of the two countries in a military base in the city of Ta’if in southwestern Saudi Arabia on October 3, 2017. (SPA)

Joint Military Exercise between Saudi Arabia, France

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 4, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Ta’if – Saudi Arabia and France kicked off a joint military exercise in the Saudi region of Ta’if, southwest of Makkah on Tuesday. The exercise, involving an unspecified number of ground troops from the two countries, would focus on battles in mountainous...

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Coach Didier Deschamps at a training session for the French national team at Clairefontaine. (AFP)

Didier Deschamps: I Apply my own Style and Have Not Taken Anything from other Coaches

by Ben Lyttleton | Oct 4, 2017 | Sports

London – In an extract from a new book France manager Didier Deschamps discusses leadership, talent and creating a link with his players based on trust. Didier Deschamps is sitting opposite me in a hotel bar in Monaco and is explaining the art of leadership. “I...

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Five suspects were questioned over their connection to a failed bomb discovered at an apartment building in a posh Paris neighborhood. (AFP)

Five Questioned over Failed Bomb in Paris Neighborhood

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 3, 2017 | World

Five suspects were interrogated on Tuesday for their possible connection to a failed bomb discovered in an apartment building in a posh neighborhood in the French capital Paris. Judicial sources said the explosive device included two gas canisters inside the building...