https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France on Friday imposed a six-month asset freeze on several international companies allegedly linked to a chemical weapons programme in Syria, as ministers meeting in Paris vowed that governments that gas their own people would not go unpunished. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180519/france-freezes-company-assets-over-syria-chemical-weapons Sat, 19 May 2018 06:54:01 +0200 france-freezes-company-assets-over-syria-chemical-weapons Hours after striking Syria, the United States, France and Britain on Saturday launched a new bid at the United Nations to investigate chemical weapons attacks in Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180415/us-france-britain-launch-new-un-bid-for-syria-chemical-weapons-probe Sun, 15 Apr 2018 10:31:53 +0200 us-france-britain-launch-new-un-bid-for-syria-chemical-weapons-probe French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has warned of the risk of a chemical and biological attack on France, saying the macabre imagination of terrorists knows no limits. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151119/french-pm-warns-of-risk-of-chemical-attack Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:56:59 +0100 french-pm-warns-of-risk-of-chemical-attack France is to examine samples brought back from Syria by two French journalists as the foreign minister says there are growing suspicions over the use of chemical weapons. The EU has lifted its arms embargo on Syrian rebels, a move supported by Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130528/france-to-probe-chemical-arms-as-eu-lifts-syria-embargo Tue, 28 May 2013 10:12:00 +0200 france-to-probe-chemical-arms-as-eu-lifts-syria-embargo French newspaper Le Monde reported Monday that the Syrian army is using chemical weapons against rebel forces in the outskirts of Damascus, quoting two of its journalists who were in the area in April and May. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130527/french-reporters-witness-chemical-weapons-use-in-syria Mon, 27 May 2013 13:19:00 +0200 french-reporters-witness-chemical-weapons-use-in-syria