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The Eagle Fighters will join a growing Saudi Royal Air Force fleet after a deal was penned with the United States in 2012 for the purchase of 84 units. (SPA)

King Salman Receives Message from Hollande

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 25, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has received on Tuesday a message from French President Francois Hollande. The message was delivered by French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, during his meeting with King Salman at...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) gestures next to Russian Ambassador to France Alexander Orlov (L) as they take part with other foreign ministers and representatives in a family picture during the Mideast peace conference in Paris, France, January 15, 2017. REUTERS/Bertrand Guay/POOL

Paris Conference Calls on Israel to End its Occupation

by Michel Abu Najm | Jan 16, 2017 | Middle East

Paris – An international conference was concluded Sunday in the French capital, with more than 70 countries and organizations calling on Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories and supporting the two-state solution as the only means to achieve...

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French President Francois Hollande / AFP PHOTO / POOL / CHARLES PLATIAU

In Paris: Another Vanity Confab on Palestine

by Amir Taheri | Jan 13, 2017 | Opinion

Having promised to be as different from his predecessor as possible, France’s outgoing President Francois Hollande is set to end his five-year term as a poor caricature of Nicholas Sarkozy. To start with, like Sarkozy, he is to be a one-term president. Sarkozy had his...

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French President Francois Hollande addresses a news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, September 18, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

French Prosecutors Probe Hollande’s Alleged Mishandling of Classified Docs

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 28, 2016 | World

Paris- A scandal surrounding a book called ‘A President Shouldn’t Say That’ is seeing a new twist. French prosecutors are investigating a potential national security breach, after Francois Hollande allegedly left secret files right in front of reporters. French...

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Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (AP)

Berri Stresses ‘Absolutely Positive’ Relations with Aoun

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 25, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – The formation of the new Lebanese government remains a subject of debate between the different political factions, which are still fighting over “sovereign ministerial portfolios”. Ain al-Tineh visitors quoted Speaker Nabih Berri as saying on Thursday that...