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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Barbara Surk

French President Emmanuel Macron reacts as he delivers a speech, June 12, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
July 7, 2024, 9:31 am
France holds key vote that could see a historic far-right win or hung parliament
Party with historic links to xenophobia and downplaying the Holocaust may become country’s biggest political force, affecting global diplomacy and Europe’s economic stability
By Barbara Surk and HELENA ALVES
In this photo released on Nov. 9, 2019, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP)
May 21, 2024, 11:01 am
France to begin trial of Syrian intelligence officials over 2013 deaths of father, son
3 suspects all held senior positions when dual French-Syrian citizens Mazen and Patrick Dabbagh were taken from their Damascus home at height of anti-government protests
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY, Barbara Surk and John Leicester
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
People celebrate in the Souq in Doha, Qatar after Morocco beat Portugal in a World Cup quarterfinal soccer match at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, December 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
December 10, 2022, 11:21 pm
Arab world, Palestinians, join Moroccans’ celebrations of advance to World Cup semis
Fans hope Morocco’s unprecedented run isn’t finished yet; Palestinians also enthralled, with one fan in Gaza saying he’s as invested ‘as if Palestinians were playing’
By TARIK EL-BARAKAH and Barbara Surk
"In Memory of our Angels" is engraved on the on the memorial of the victims of the attack of July 14, 2016 with pictures of the victims along Nice's Promenade des Anglais, to commemorate the 2016 terror attack, in Nice, South of France, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. Eight suspects will face trial in a Paris Court on Monday, in connection with the 2016 Bastille Day truck attack in Nice that left 86 people dead. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
September 5, 2022, 3:00 pm
Trial for 2016 Nice terror attack that killed 86 begins in Paris court
Eight people to appear in a special French terrorism court, accused of helping attacker who drove truck into a crowded beachfront on Bastille Day six years ago
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and Barbara Surk
The truck that slammed into revelers is seen near the site of an attack in the French resort city of Nice, southern France, Friday, July 15, 2016. (AP/Luca Bruno, File)
September 4, 2022, 1:12 pm
Eight suspects to go on trial Monday for Bastille Day terror attacks in Nice
Group accused of assisting driver of truck who plowed through crowd in 2016, killing 86 before he was shot dead by police
By Barbara Surk and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY
France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, and his wife Brigitte Macron, left, welcome United Arab Emirates' President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed at the Elysee Palace in Paris, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/ Michel Euler)
July 18, 2022, 9:39 pm
Facing Russian gas uncertainty, France and UAE sign deal on energy cooperation
Europe bracing for potential shutdown of Russian supplies in response to sanctions over invasion of Ukraine, amid already soaring energy prices, inflation
By Barbara Surk and Masha Macpherson
A victim under a blanket lays dead outside the Bataclan theater in Paris, Nov. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
June 29, 2022, 11:06 pm
Court finds 19 men guilty of terrorism-related charges in 2015 Paris attacks trial
Salah Abdeslam, the chief suspect in the case, faces up to life in prison without parole, the toughest sentence possible under France’s justice system
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and Barbara Surk
This court sketch made on September 8, 2021 shows Salah Abdeslam, the last surviving member of the jihadist cell of the November 2015 Paris attacks, during the first day of the trial of the November 2015 Paris and Saint-Denis attacks taking place in a temporary courtroom set up at the Paris' Palais de Justice historic courthouse on September 8, 2021. (Benoit Peyrucq/AFP)
June 27, 2022, 7:31 pm
Sole surviving suspect in 2015 Paris terror onslaught says he’s ‘not a murderer’
Salah Abdeslam apologizes to victims, says he was a last-minute add-on to the group of Islamic State attackers
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and Barbara Surk
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the fort of Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, on August 19, 2019. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 7, 2022, 1:26 pm
Not just Bennett: France’s Macron aligns with West, but keeps open line to Putin
French leader has spoken numerous times with Russian president during Ukraine crisis, and though few expect talks to lead anywhere, meetings give West insight into Putin’s thinking
By Barbara Surk
Imams from the Paris Mosque gather before paying their homage to the victims of the November 13, 2015 attacks, near the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, on Friday, November 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant, File)
February 6, 2022, 12:02 am
In bid to fight extremism, Macron seeks to reshape Islam in France
Forum of Islam — a new body made up of clergy, laymen and women — is set to lead Europe’s largest Muslim community, with all its leaders hand-picked by the government
By Barbara Surk
Iraqis who have fled the violence in their hometown of Mosul line arrive at Khazir refugee camp outside of Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo)
June 20, 2014, 11:58 am
UN: Number of world’s displaced over 50 million
Crises in Syria, Sudan, Somalia and elsewhere push refugee figures to highest level since World War II
By John Heilprin and Barbara Surk
In this photograph made on a government-led media tour, Syrian civilians return to Homs, Syria on Friday, May 9, 2014, where bulldozers cleared rubble from the streets of battle-scarred districts in the central Syrian city. (AP Photo)
May 19, 2014, 5:45 pm
Activists: Death toll in Syria’s war tops 160,000
Almost a third killed are civilians, including 8,600 children
By Barbara Surk
Amateur video image showing revolutionary goalkeeper Abdelbasit Sarout chanting slogans during a demonstration in Homs, Syria,Feb. 13, 2014. (AP/Shaam News Network via AP video)
May 19, 2014, 3:02 pm
Syrian soccer goalie-turned-rebel becomes icon
Abdelbasit Sarout began by leading nonviolent street protests but as civil war escalated, he too took up arms
By Barbara Surk
Illustrative photo of a bombing in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo (Photo credit: Baraa aL-Halabi/AFP)
May 8, 2014, 11:28 am
Syrian rebels claim massive Aleppo hotel bombing
Several other buildings razed to ground in deadly attack on government troops based in area
By Barbara Surk
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