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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) speaks with France’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (L) at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on October 17, 2026. (Anwar AMRO/AFP)
October 18, 2026, 8:40 am
Lebanon seeks international presence in south from French FM as peace keeper exit nears
During Beirut visit, Aoun and French FM discuss post-UNIFIL security arrangement; Lebanon says next round of talks with Israel to be held Tuesday in Florida
By Agencies and ToI Staff
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot visits Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on October 7, 2026. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)
October 7, 2026, 5:18 pm
World leaders solemnly mark 3 years since Oct. 7, as Hamas and Iran celebrate anniversary
Trump says he spoke to Netanyahu, ‘other side paying a very big price’ for massacre; Macron calls assault ‘barbaric’ as French FM visits Israel to commemorate victims, hostages
By Nava Freiberg, Nurit Yohanan, Luke Tress, Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Iranian police officer stands guard in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 20, 2026, 9:50 pm
France says Iranian officers detained two of its diplomats, ‘physically abused’ one
Paris warns of ‘consequences’ for ‘extremely serious act of intimidation’ against French officials who, they say, oversee support for artists and scientists in Iran
By AFP and ToI Staff
France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on June 10, 2026. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
June 19, 2026, 3:01 pm
French FM: Paris will support UN sanctions relief only after ‘major concessions’ by Iran
Huckabee asks if ‘France gets all its info from Hezbollah’ after Barrot demands IDF halt Lebanon attacks; Iranian dissidents say Paris rally banned after Barrot spoke with Iranian counterpart, he denies allegation
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Rescue workers use an excavator to search under the rubble of a building that was hit a day earlier in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
June 2, 2026, 1:58 pm
Hezbollah and IDF trade fire despite nominal truce as Lebanon-Israel talks to resume
5th round of talks to be held at US State Department; Lebanese army says 2 troops wounded in IDF strike; France’s FM: No justification for Israeli troops to stay deep inside Lebanon
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot gives a press conference after a crisis meeting in Paris on March 2, 2026. (Thibault Camus / POOL / AFP)
May 23, 2026, 7:04 pm
France bans Ben Gvir over ‘reprehensible actions’ toward Gaza flotilla activists
French FM joins calls for EU to sanction far-right minister over video of him taunting bound activists; Poland bans him for five years as ‘a threat to public order’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L), flanked by France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (R), speaks during a statement to the press with members of the Government and of the French Army, following a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on November 25, 2025. (JULIEN DE ROSA / POOL / AFP)
April 15, 2026, 4:51 pm
Israel boxes Paris out of Lebanon talks, halts arms buys as French disconnect grows
Reacting to criticism of fighting against Iran and Hezbollah, Jerusalem calls France irrelevant and accuses it of harming security, though French official says claim ‘total BS’
By Nava Freiberg
Lebanese civil defense workers search for casualties in the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in central Beirut, Lebanon, on April 9, 2026. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
April 9, 2026, 12:36 pm
‘Unacceptable’: European countries slam IDF strikes on Hezbollah amid US-Iran truce
UK says it is ‘deeply troubled’ by Israeli attacks, France calls them ‘unacceptable’; Italy condemns ‘bombings on civilian population’
By Agencies
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun posing with US ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa (L) at the presidential palace of Baabda, east of Beirut, on November 17, 2025. (HANDOUT / Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
March 21, 2026, 2:30 am
US hails Lebanon’s proposal for talks with Israel as Hezbollah keeps up rocket fire
French FM expresses concerns over possible IDF invasion of Lebanon as Sa’ar tells him Israel ‘will act decisively against’ enemies; one said killed in Israeli strike
By Agencies, Nava Freiberg and Emanuel Fabian
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (R) receiving France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot (L) at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on February 6, 2026. (Lebanese Presidency Press Office / AFP)
February 6, 2026, 9:56 pm
French FM says Lebanese army must be given ‘means’ to disarm Hezbollah
Barrot says Lebanese army should replace UN peacekeepers; French source sees window for progress with ‘weakening of Iranian regime’; Hezbollah’s senior security chief resigns
By Agencies and ToI Staff
View of the first snow this winter on Mount Hermon in Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights near the Syrian border, on December 13, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
January 6, 2026, 6:06 pm
Israel and Syria agree on mechanism to share intel, seek economic ties
Pact reached on 2nd day of renewed talks; source in Damascus reportedly claims there are indications Israel may agree to regard violence in Druze area of Sweida as internal matter
By Lazar Berman
Riot police officers patrol by the Israeli pavilions at the Paris Air Show, June 16, 2025 in Le Bourget, north of Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
November 12, 2025, 4:21 am
France to allow Israeli firms to take part in defense expo after reports ban was weighed
French official tells ToI that the decision to let companies from Israel participate in Milipol Paris was a French call ‘and not the result of Israeli pressure’
By Nava Freiberg
Firemen and rescuers in Paris's Rue des Rosiers after the French-Jewish delicatessen restaurant Jo Goldenberg was attacked on August 9, 1982, by terrorists who threw a grenade into the restaurant and shot at customers with sub-machine guns, killing six customers and injuring 22 others. (Jacques DEMARTHON / AFP)
September 19, 2025, 7:43 pm
PA arrested key suspect in 1982 Paris antisemitic terror attack, French officials say
Macron says Hicham Harb detained in West Bank over massacre at Jewish restaurant; French FM: Recognition of Palestinian state will aid extradition process
By AFP and ToI Staff
Protesters rally for the release of French teacher Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris from Iranian prison, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France, on March 23, 2024. (Kiran RIDLEY / AFP)
September 12, 2025, 1:20 pm
France demands release of 3 citizens held in Iran after Tehran floats prisoner swap
French foreign minister repeats call for ‘unconditional and immediate release’ of French teacher and her partner held since 2022 and 18-year-old cyclist detained in July
By Reuters and ToI Staff
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Toulon, southern France, August 29, 2025. (Manon Cruz/Pool via AP)
September 4, 2025, 9:01 pm
Israel: ‘No place’ for Macron visit if Paris persists with Palestinian state recognition
FM Sa’ar tells counterpart Israel wants good ties with France but move to recognize Palestine harms Israeli interests; Netanyahu warns Jerusalem can also take unilateral steps
By Nava Freiberg and Agencies
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