Quantcast
Channel: The Times of Israel
Browsing all 28 articles
Browse latest View live

France: Arming Syrian rebels could lead to civil war

Foreign minister nixes possibility for arms transfer and asks world to do the same

View Article



France: UN resolution on Syria must go beyond truce

Reuters: French FM Alain Juppe tells Le Monde international community must call for political transition in Damascus, not just ceasefire

View Article

Netanyahu thanks French FM for gov’t actions on Toulouse murders

PM stresses distinction between terror victims and children accidentally killed in battle

View Article

French FM: Toulouse shooting brought France and Israel closer

Alain Juppe pledges that France will never allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons

View Article

Assad crushing rebels and ceasefire hopes

France accuses Assad of duping world in accepting UN envoy Kofi Annan’s ceasefire proposal

View Article


Allies meet to coordinate Syria sanctions

Closed-door Paris talks draw more than 50 diplomats and finance officials from the EU, Arab League countries, and elsewhere

View Article

66 killed in Syria as violence escalates

UN rushes to equip monitors and Assad regime steps up attacks as ceasefire frays

View Article

By holding back arms from rebels US affirms Assad’s hold on country

Washington sees outside military strike as only way to change Syrian regime, but fears such a move will lead to ethnic civil war

View Article


Syrian troops continue to shell rebel-held areas despite ceasefire

US calls for arms embargo and other measures to end violence

View Article


Europe, Russia propose rival UN resolutions on Syria

Key differences include the necessity of a cease-fire prior to the deployment of a larger observer force and the activities the force would be authorized to monitor

View Article

Fighting in Syria kills 75 as UN to vote on 300-strong observer mission

Syrian official says thousands are needed, not hundreds; Russian Ambassador urges UN council to pass the measure with one voice

View Article

France: UN should prepare military option in Syria

Security Council unlikely to back the idea

View Article

Syria blames rebels for deadly blast as UN probes incident

Assad regime’s report on ‘bomb-making accident’ that killed 16 impossible to contradict or verify due to restrictions on media

View Article


Jewish and pro-Israel groups push EU to classify Hezbollah as terrorist group

Dutch parliamentarian works to convince Brussels to rethink stance

View Article

France’s Sarkozy announces political comeback

Ex-president, 59, posts on Facebook his decision to lead conservative UMP party in upcoming elections

View Article


French court: Centrists slandered leftist with anti-Semitism claims

Three politicians found guilty of defamation after accusing far-left colleague of cosying up to anti-Semites

View Article

WikiLeaks: France sought to kick-start peace talks behind US’s back

Secret documents show Nicolas Sarkozy, worried about Quartet and Washington stealing show, considered enlisting Russia in joint initiative for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations

View Article


Sarkozy on defensive in first French presidential primary debate

Former president trailing ex-PM Alain Juppe in race for right-wing nomination ahead of November party vote

View Article

France’s Le Pen: Could she win?

Once dismissed as untouchable, the far-right leader has worked hard to make herself a respectable answer to voters’ frustrations

View Article

Trump looms large over French presidential race

Far right party leader Le Pen sees hope in US results, but other candidates also try to make hay, calling for change, rejecting group-thinking and dismissing comparisons to Clinton

View Article
Browsing all 28 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images