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 With the Islamic world in a war of words with the French president and countries including Turkey calling for a boycott of French products, commentator John Lichfield looks at the mistakes that have been made on both sides and what Emmanuel Macron could do to ease tensions abroad, but most importantly at home. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201026/opinion-erdogan-macron-france-turkey-boycott-whos-to-blame-for-macrons-war-of-words-with-the-muslim-world Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:17:27 +0100 opinion-erdogan-macron-france-turkey-boycott-whos-to-blame-for-macrons-war-of-words-with-the-muslim-world The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany on Saturday called for a ceasefire around the last major rebel-held bastion of Idlib in Syria to be preserved. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181027/syria-summit-says-idlib-ceasefire-must-be-safeguarded Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:16:21 +0200 syria-summit-says-idlib-ceasefire-must-be-safeguarded French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Istanbul on Saturday afternoon for a summit aimed at finding a political solution to Syria's devastating civil war, provide access to humanitarian aid and salvage a fragile ceasefire in the country's last major rebel-held bastion. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181027/turkey-to-host-syria-summit-with-russian-french-german-leaders-2 Sat, 27 Oct 2018 12:40:04 +0200 turkey-to-host-syria-summit-with-russian-french-german-leaders-2 French President Emmanuel Macron sought to secure the release of a French reporter detained in Turkey at the end of July during a conversation on Tuesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a statement said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170815/emmanuel-macron-tells-recep-erdogan-of-concern-over-french-journalist-student-loup-bureau-detained-in-turkey Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:11:36 +0200 emmanuel-macron-tells-recep-erdogan-of-concern-over-french-journalist-student-loup-bureau-detained-in-turkey A French photojournalist held in Turkey for nearly three weeks has ended a week-long hunger strike, press freedom body Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170528/french-photojournalist-held-in-turkey-ends-hunger-strike-rsf Sun, 28 May 2017 11:07:24 +0200 french-photojournalist-held-in-turkey-ends-hunger-strike-rsf Several thousand Kurds marched in the western Germany city of Cologne on Saturday in support of pro-Kurdish politicians jailed in Turkey the previous day. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161105/kurds-march-against-erdogan-in-germany-and-france Sat, 05 Nov 2016 21:21:01 +0100 kurds-march-against-erdogan-in-germany-and-france