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Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
March 18, 2025, 9:17 pm
European nations express ‘great concern’ over renewed fighting in Gaza
Lamenting ‘shocking’ images coming out of Gaza, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warns that fate of hostages, Palestinians, and wider Middle East are being put at risk
By Agencies, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Palestinian terrorists carry to the Red Cross one of four coffins said to hold a body of a slain Israeli hostage, in the southern Gaza Strip's Khan Younis, February 20, 2025. (Eyad Baba / AFP)
February 20, 2025, 6:22 pm
UN human rights chief: Hamas ‘parading’ of hostages’ bodies is ‘abhorrent and cruel’
Volker Turk says terror group’s treatment of remains ‘flies in the face of international law’; Germany laments families being ‘exposed to Hamas’s limitless terror’ during handover
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, hosting a meeting of top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe to discuss Syria, poses for a picture with the participants in Riyadh on January 12, 2025. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
January 12, 2025, 2:12 pm
Diplomats convene in Saudi Arabia for talks on Syria’s future
Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led Islamist rebel group that toppled regime, urges sanctions relief, as West moves to provide humanitarian essentials while demanding inclusive government
By AFP
Troops of the Israeli Air Force's elite Shaldag unit are seen atop the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, in a photo published December 12, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 4, 2025, 3:00 pm
Report: Syrian leader asked US to press Israel to withdraw its forces from buffer zone
Amid reports of more Islamist slant in Syrian school curricula, Ahmed al-Sharaa hosts German and French foreign ministers, who warn that Europe won’t fund ‘new Islamist structures’
By ToI Staff
People celebrate on New Year's Eve at Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, December 31, 2024. (AP/Leo Correa)
January 3, 2025, 11:49 am
‘New political beginning’: German, French FMs to meet with nascent Syrian regime
First top level EU diplomats to visit Damascus since fall of Assad regime; German FM says coming with ‘outstretched hand’ as well as ‘clear expectations’ for new government
By Agencies
Netherlands' King Willem Alexander, second right, tours the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 10, 2024. (Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool Photo via AP)
November 8, 2024, 4:33 pm
Dutch king: ‘We failed the Jewish community during WWII, last night we failed again’
EU leaders, UN official describe assaults on Israeli soccer fans as ‘vile’ and ‘deeply shameful’; Amsterdam mayor: ‘Men on scooters crisscrossed the city looking for Israeli fans’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this file photo taken on February 6, 2022, Jamshid Sharmahd, who is accused by the Iranian government of being a leader of the US-based "Tondar terrorist group" behind a deadly attack in Iran in 2008, attends the first hearing of his trial in Tehran. (Koosha MAHSHID FALAHI/MIZAN NEWS AGENCY/AFP)
October 29, 2024, 2:41 pm
Germany recalls ambassador from Iran, protesting execution of Iranian-German prisoner
Jamshid Sharmahd, a German citizen and US resident, put to death on charges related to a 2008 bombing; Germany calls his trial a ‘sham’ and his execution ‘a murder’
By AP and ToI Staff
FILE - Fighters from the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah carry out a training exercise in Aaramta village in the Jezzine District, southern Lebanon, May 21, 2023 (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
June 24, 2024, 12:10 pm
After ‘unacceptable’ Hezbollah threats, European ministers fear Middle East escalation
Greek foreign minister says Athens stands by Cyprus after Nasrallah warned island nation could be targeted; EU policy chief says it is ‘eve of the war expanding’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock delivers a statement to the media prior to the start of a European Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on May 27, 2024. (François Walschaerts/AFP)
June 21, 2024, 4:21 pm
German foreign minister to visit Israel, West Bank and Lebanon next week
Spokesperson says ‘particularly tense and dangerous situation’ on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon will be discussed, as well as war in Gaza and situation in the West Bank
By AFP and ToI Staff
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, left, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, April 17, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
April 19, 2024, 7:47 pm
‘We’re not like the Nazis’: Netanyahu said to chide German FM on Gaza ‘famine’ remark
Heated exchange reportedly occurs after Annalena Baerbock charges Israel pushing Gaza toward starvation; Germany complains about ‘distorted’ leaks
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on April 17, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/ GPO)
April 17, 2024, 6:15 pm
Netanyahu: Despite allies’ advice, Israel will ‘make our own decisions’ on security
PM tells cabinet that input from visiting British, German foreign ministers on how Jerusalem should respond to Iran’s attack is appreciated, but will not necessarily be followed
By ToI Staff and Agencies
UK Foreign Minister David Cameron, left, meets with President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, April 17, 2024. (Maayan Toaf / GPO)
April 17, 2024, 2:18 pm
After meeting Herzog, UK’s Cameron says it’s clear Israel will respond to Iran attack
British FM hopes retaliation will not further escalate tensions, calls for G7 countries to sanction Iran; visiting German FM says all parties must act ‘prudently and responsibly’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) talking to French President Emmanuel Macron at a press conference in Berlin, Germany, March 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
April 15, 2024, 1:50 pm
European allies urge Israel against military response to Iran as war cabinet convenes
Cameron says UK pursuing new sanctions against Tehran, claims regime suffered ‘double defeat’; Macron suggests diplomatic isolation more effective than military action
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Displaced Palestinians stand outside their tents in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 14, 2024. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
February 14, 2024, 11:56 pm
Germany, France fear ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Rafah; PM vows to press ahead
German FM, in Israel, expresses concern over 1.3 million Gazans sheltering in southern city; Macron fears population will be displaced; Netanyahu says civilians will be able to leave
By Agencies and ToI Staff
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron (3rd left) speaks with German Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock (left) after a group photo as they attend a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, on November 28, 2023. (SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)
December 17, 2023, 10:10 am
UK, Germany stress need for ‘sustainable ceasefire’ – soon but not ‘right now’
Foreign ministers Cameron and Baerbock say too many Gazan civilians killed in campaign, but acknowledge immediate end to fighting is not ‘the way forward’ due to Hamas atrocities
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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