ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Sunday said that international reactions to Israel’s bombing of civilians in Gaza are “shameful.” “The international community’s reactions to the Israeli bombing of civilians in Gaza are not at the required level, and may sometimes be shameful,&#...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that France was sending a navy ship to support the Gaza Strip’s hospitals which are at risk of collapsing under Israel’s bombing and siege. The ship would “leave Toulon in the next 48 hours”, the French leader said during a joint news conference in Cai...
ANKARA (AA) – Police asked a restaurant in southeastern France to turn off its “Hamas Tacos” sign after it malfunctioned, media reports said Thursday. The sign on the restaurant in the town of Valence turned from “Chamas Tacos” to “Hamas Tacos” because the letter “C” was not lighting up, according to t...
ANKARA (AA) – French football club OGC Nice said on Wednesday it had suspended Youcef Atal for showing his support for Palestine. The 27-year-old had shared a video supporting Palestine on Instagram on Saturday. “Despite the fact that the Algerian player has acknowledged his error by quickly withdrawing the sharing of the publicati...
PARIS (AFP): Israel is deliberately targeting civilians, said Hala Abou Hassira, representative of the Palestinian Authority in France on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, she said: “It’s a systemic and systematic policy of Israel today in this aggression. Israel targets civilians wherever they are.” She said more tha...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egypt and France’s foreign ministers urged the delivery of humanitarian aid and the exit of foreign nationals from the bombarded Gaza Strip, on the tenth day of war between Israel and Hamas. “Those who want to leave Gaza must be able to do so,” French foreign minister Catherine Colonna said, urging [&...
Paris, France – AFP France on Thursday said it was banning all pro-Palestinian demonstrations after the attack on Israel by Hamas, on the grounds such protests threaten public order. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a note to regional prefects that the demonstrations “are likely to generate disturbances to public orderR...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – UK-based advocacy group CAGE’s Managing Director Muhammad Rabbani was denied entry into Poland, where he was to speak at a conference, at France’s request. In a statement, CAGE said that Rabbani was due to deliver “another critical speech against France’s state-sponsored Islamophobia, as he had done last ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Azerbaijan has condemned France’s plans to sign an agreement that would allow the delivery of military equipment to Armenia. “The efforts to supply Armenia with weaponry in every possible way and the instigation of this country for another aggression and military adventure by France are unacceptable,” an Azerbaijani Foreign...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has been unable to elect a new president since Michel Aoun left office in October 2022. France sought to mediate between Lebanese political forces, sending its envoy Jean Yves Le Drian twice to the country in a bid to end the deadlock. The efforts, however, did not yield any results. […]
