The French and German foreign ministers on Friday are due to meet Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa, in the highest-level visit by major Western powers under the new authorities in Damascus.”The general feeling that the sooner the Western nations get involved in what’s going on in Syria, the better it will be not only … Read more
34 out of the 35 ministers of the new government meet at the Elysée Palace this Friday. For more, FRANCE 24’s senior reporter, Claire Paccalin. Source link
Ten years after the genocide perpetrated against the Yazidis by the Islamic State group in Iraq’s Sinjar region, tens of thousands of displaced survivors are returning home. But their homecoming is bittersweet, as the atrocities have left indelible wounds. FRANCE 24’s Marie-Charlotte Roupie reports. Source link
Investigators hope to find more human remains as they began lifting the wreckage of the crashed Jeju Air jet Friday, five days after Flight 2216 from Thailand to South Korea broke up in a fiery ball of flames, killing 179 people. Source link
For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the deadly ISIS-inspired New Years attack in New Orleans, FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney is joined by Dr. Aaron Y. Zelin, Gloria and Ken Levy Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where he directs the Islamic State Worldwide Activity Map project. Zelin is also an … Read more
When the French writer Jules Verne died in 1905, powered air flight, which he had put at the center of his 1886 book Robur the ConquerorIt had moved from imagination to reality. Exactly two years ago, the Wright brothers achieved the first manned air flight in human history Yet many of Verne’s predictions about world-changing … Read more
The Palestinian Authority on Thursday ordered the suspension of broadcasts by Al Jazeera in a move the Qatar-based television network condemned as reminiscent of Israeli practices. “It is ironic that both the extremist right-wing Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority have taken a vengeance out against Al Jazeera,” said FRANCE 24’s Jerusalem correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky. … Read more
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrived in Damascus Friday, kicking off the first visit by top Western diplomats to meet Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. His German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, is also expected in the Syrian capital to promote a “new political beginning between the EU and Syria”, said the German foreign ministry. Source … Read more
