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Cecile Feuillatre
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, front, talks with US President Donald Trump, centre, and France's President Emmanuel Macron prior to the first working session on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, Friday, July 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
October 11, 2017, 9:28 pm
Europe scrambles to save the Iran nuclear deal
Unable to convince Trump to drop his opposition to accord, European capitals increasingly turning to Congress to salvage it
By Cecile Feuillatre and Adam PLOWRIGHT
Illustrative: Member state representatives attend the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 21, 2017. (AFP/Jewel Samad)
September 23, 2017, 10:32 am
At UN assembly, the Syrian war has all but dropped off the radar
Once the focal point of high-powered meetings, the crisis this year was overshadowed by concerns over North Korea, Iran nuclear deal
By Cecile Feuillatre
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) meets with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani (R) in New York on September 18, 2017, as world leaders gathered in the United States for the UN General Assembly. (AFP PHOTO / LUDOVIC MARIN)
September 19, 2017, 2:34 am
France leads push to urge Trump to save Iran deal
Paris says it’s ‘essential’ to ‘prevent a spiral of proliferation that would encourage hardliners in Iran to pursue nuclear weapons’
By Cecile Feuillatre and Dave Clark
(First row From L) Russian Ambassador to France Alexander Orlov, US Secretary of State John Kerry, French President Francois Hollande, French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault, European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini, State Secretary for European Affairs Harlem Desir all pose for a picture during the Mideast peace conference in Paris on January 15, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / bertrand GUAY)
January 15, 2017, 7:53 pm
Trump warned off unilateral Mideast moves at Paris peace conference
Widely dismissed as irrelevant, French confab focuses on reiterating international support for two-state solution amid White House turnover
By Cecile Feuillatre and Clare BYRNE
UN Syria envoy Staffan De Mistura gestures during a press conference on efforts to restart peace talks, at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on January 25, 2016. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
February 1, 2016, 1:19 pm
Syria peace talks struggle to get off ground
EU foreign policy chief says Sunday’s terror attack in Damascus ‘clearly aims to disrupt’ diplomatic process
By Cecile Feuillatre and Maya Gebeily
Young Syrian refugees stand at the Azraq refugee camp in northern Jordan on January 30, 2016. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)
January 31, 2016, 1:16 am
Syria peace talks in peril as more Syrians starve
Opposition threatens to leave negotiations as over a dozen towns remain under siege by regime forces
By Maya Gebeily and Cecile Feuillatre
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L), French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (3rd L), China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (4th L), High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini (C), US Secretary of State John Kerry (4th R), British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond (3rd R) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) meet at the table at the Palais Coburg Hotel, where the Iran nuclear talks meetings are being held, in Vienna, Austria on July 7, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / JOE KLAMAR)
July 8, 2015, 5:18 pm
Iran, world powers face off in game of nuclear brinkmanship
Washington, Tehran plan to push ahead with negotiations in Vienna until deal reached, or not
By JO BIDDLE and Cecile Feuillatre
Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano. (screen capture: YouTube/FRANCE 24 English)
May 27, 2015, 3:33 pm
Site inspections must be part of Iran deal: IAEA
UN nuclear agency chief Yukiya Amano says months needed to assess military apects of Iranian nuclear sites
By Cecile Feuillatre
Secretary of State John Kerry listens as French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius speaks prior to their meeting at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Molly Riley)
March 15, 2015, 5:05 am
France plays role of hawk in nuclear talks with Iran
Historical distrust with Tehran makes Paris a hard-liner, but it’s unlikely to scupper a deal
By Cecile Feuillatre
The French National Assembly in Paris (photo credit: CC BY-SA Richard Ying, Tangui Morlier/Wikimedia Commons)
November 28, 2014, 9:53 am
French parliament debates Palestine recognition
Ahead of Friday deliberations, motion’s proponent says the move will ‘reaffirm’ commitment to two-state solution
By Cecile Feuillatre
Pro-Palestinian protestor holds Palestine scarf at Parisian demonstration on Saturday, July 26, 2014. (Glenn Cloarec/The Times of Israel)
October 14, 2014, 2:08 pm
Despite UK vote, recognition of Palestine still long way off
But frustration is growing within the international community, with the Europeans increasingly vocal about the cost of rebuilding after military flare-ups
By Cecile Feuillatre
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