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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

Angela Charlton

Pedestrians pass by a poster depicting French teacher Samuel Paty placed in the city center of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, 30kms northwest of Paris, on November 3, 2020, following the beheading of the teacher on October 16. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
December 9, 2023, 3:33 am
6 French teens convicted over role in beheading of teacher by Islamic extremist
Samuel Paty was killed in 2020 near school after showing Prophet Muhammad cartoons in class on free expression; 8 adults, including parent of involved teen, to be tried separately
By Angela Charlton
In this May 26, 2021 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during the Presidential elections in Douma, Syria. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 15, 2023, 6:17 pm
France issues arrest warrants for Syria’s Assad over 2013 chemical attacks
Warrants also issued for president’s brother Maher and 2 generals involved in alleged strike on opposition-held Damascus neighborhoods, which killed over 1,000
By Angela Charlton and Barbara Surk
A pedestrian uses a smartphone to take footage of a damaged store facade with a message reading 'Justice for Nahel' in Marseille, southern France on July 1, 2023, after a fourth consecutive night of rioting in France over the killing of a teenager by police. (Clement Mahoudeau/AFP)
July 1, 2023, 7:54 pm
Macron scraps trip amid rioting across France, as teen slain by police is buried
Hundreds attend funeral of Nahal, 17, whose killing has triggered four days and nights of unrest; 45,000 police officers deployed nationwide; 2,500 fires set overnight
By Cara Anna, Angela Charlton and LEWIS JOLY
Kurdish activist and anti-racism groups stage a protest holding Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, flag and pictures of the recent victims of a shooting at the Kurdish culture center in Paris, December 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
December 24, 2022, 3:09 pm
Kurdish community, anti-racism groups hold demonstration after deadly Paris shooting
Thousands gather at Place de la Republique, waving various political flags; some youths clash with police
By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and Angela Charlton
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, right, talks to Jacques Fredj, head of the Shoah Memorial ,as they leave the train car symbolizing the Drancy camp, July 12, 2022 in Drancy, outside Paris (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
July 17, 2022, 2:13 pm
French Holocaust survivors mark 80 years since mass Vel d’Hiv roundup of Jews
Over 2 days in 1942, police herded 13,152 people, including 4,115 children, into the Winter Velodrome of Paris before they were sent on to Nazi camps; very few survived
By Angela Charlton and jade le deley
Saudi police close a street leading to a non-Muslim cemetery in the Saudi city of Jeddah where a bomb struck a World War I commemoration attended by European diplomats on November 11, 2020 leaving several people wounded amid Muslim anger over French cartoons. (AFP)
November 11, 2020, 4:39 pm
Foreign envoys attacked in bombing at Saudi cemetery during WWI memorial
French officials confirm blast, which targeted international ceremony attended by representatives of several countries; identity of victims unclear; suspect arrested
By Angela Charlton and Aya Batrawy
French soldiers secure the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Basilica in Nice on October 30, 2020 during a tribute to the victims killed by a knife attacker the day before. (Valery Hache/AFP)
November 6, 2020, 1:56 pm
Aghast at recent attacks, French Muslims stand guard outside local cathedral
After a wave of Islamist terror strikes France, Muslim men gather to symbolically protect parishioners in the southern town of Lodeve, ahead of holiday weekend
By Angela Charlton
Priest Henri de La Hougue, left, celebrates the All Saints Day mass in Saint-Sulpice church, in Paris, France, November 1, 2020. (Thibault Camus/AP)
November 1, 2020, 7:08 pm
French churches honor 3 Nice terror attack victims as police detain 5 suspects
Investigators trying to determine if prime suspect, who was shot and wounded after deadly assault, acted alone
By Angela Charlton
A police officer searches for clues after a priest was shot, Oct. 31, 2020, in the city of Lyon, central France (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
November 1, 2020, 1:08 pm
Manhunt underway in France as suspects quizzed over shooting of Orthodox priest
Motive remains unclear but anti-terror prosecutors not investigating case; priest, who is in critical condition, said to be in legal dispute with former monk
By Angela Charlton and Jamey Keaten
Members of the French National police, patrol on the place du Capitole, in Toulouse southwestern France, on October 24, 2020. (Fred SCHEIBER / AFP)
October 27, 2020, 8:06 pm
France ups security amid rising Muslim anger over Muhammad cartoons
Police presence boosted at religious sites as interior minister says country faces a ‘very high’ risk of terrorist threats
By Angela Charlton
Commuters wearing face masks walk on the platform, of a Paris subway, Oct.25, 2020 (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
October 27, 2020, 8:05 am
French doctor warns his country has ‘lost control’ as virus surges in Europe
Head of infections at Paris hospital calls for lockdown; Spain declares emergency; Italy brings in new restrictions; Czech Republic set to to draft military personnel to help
By Angela Charlton and Mike Corder
Police officers stand by a knife, seen on the ground, in Paris, September 25, 2020. (Soufian Fezzani Via AP)
September 25, 2020, 10:55 pm
‘Little doubt’ Paris stabbing was terrorism, says French interior minister
Gerald Darmanin tells TV station that suspect detained for attack near former Charlie Hebdo office wasn’t on police’s radar for Islamic radicalization
By Angela Charlton and OLEG CETINIC
Philippe Lefebvre, 64, plays the organ at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)
August 4, 2020, 7:52 am
Notre Dame Cathedral organ begins 4-year cleanup
France’s largest musical instrument is covered in toxic dust from last year’s fire; authorities aim to end restoration by 2024, with organ next playing to mark 5 years since blaze
By NADINE ACHOUI-LESAGE and Angela Charlton
French lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti attends a press conference organized by French watchdog Reporters without Borders in Paris, February 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
July 7, 2020, 7:41 am
New French justice minister, a lawyer, defended Toulouse terrorist accomplices
Government shakeup sees many new ministers appointed; new interior minister faces a rape investigation, but Macron says probe not an obstacle to his appointment
By Sylvie Corbet and Angela Charlton
A member of a desinfection squad cleans a nursery in the French Riviera city of Cannes, southern France, on May 6, 2020, as the nurseries in France are to gradually reopen from May 11, when a partial lifting of restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus comes into effect. (Valery Hache/AFP)
May 6, 2020, 6:36 pm
Fears of second wave lurk as countries begin to ease virus lockdowns
Experts warn resurgence of COVID-19 only a matter of time as governments set up snapback restrictions
By Nicole Winfield, Angela Charlton and Chris Blake
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