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 took the fight to Isis again on Monday night with warplanes carrying out fresh strikes on the organisation's stronghold in Raqqa. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151117/french-planes-pound-isis-syria-stonghold Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:49:46 +0100 french-planes-pound-isis-syria-stonghold France's interior minister revealed on Thursday that hundreds of homegrown Islamist militants were signing up to fight in Syria and warned they could pose a security threat if and when they return home. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130919/government-fears-over-scores-of-french-fighting-in-syria Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:09:00 +0200 government-fears-over-scores-of-french-fighting-in-syria French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday was holding talks in Moscow with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, in an attempt to bridge disagreements over a new UN resolution on stripping Syria of its chemical arsenal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130917/french-minister-in-moscow-to-mend-syria-discord Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:05:00 +0200 french-minister-in-moscow-to-mend-syria-discord The atmosphere might be understandably tense the next time the French President Francois Hollande and UK Prime Minister David Cameron are together in the same room. According to one report Hollande said the UK leader had committed a "schoolboy error" over Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130912/hollande-in-schoolboy-jibe-at-uks-cameron Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:09:00 +0200 hollande-in-schoolboy-jibe-at-uks-cameron France is ready to compromise over its Syria resolution presented to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, according to the Foreign Ministry in Paris after Russia had called it "unacceptable". François Hollande said France is still 'ready to punish' Damascus. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130911/france-ready-to-amend-syria-resolution Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:06:00 +0200 france-ready-to-amend-syria-resolution French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday that Paris will present a resolution to the UN Security Council demanding Syria immediately turns its chemical weapons arsenal over to international control. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130910/france-backs-russian-plan-on-syria-crisis Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:38:00 +0200 france-backs-russian-plan-on-syria-crisis French lawmakers showed deep divisions over what action to take in Syria during a parliamentary debate on Wednesday with opposition leaders saying they could not support strikes without UN approval. However no vote took place in the Assembly. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130905/french-lawmakers-split-over-syria-action Thu, 05 Sep 2013 10:21:53 +0200 french-lawmakers-split-over-syria-action In a bid to convince the public of the need to strike against the Syrian regime, Paris has released shocking video footage online, as part of its dossier of ‘proof’ that Bashar al-Assad’s forces were behind a recent deadly chemical attack in Damascus. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130903/paris-releases-video-evidence-of-syria-attack Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:28:00 +0200 paris-releases-video-evidence-of-syria-attack Syria's leader Bashar al-Assad warned France on Monday that it would face 'repercussions' if it took any military action against Damascus. On the same day France released 'evidence' last motnh's deadly chemical attack was so "sophisticated" that only the regime could have carried it out. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130902/france-will-face-repercussions-assad-warns Mon, 02 Sep 2013 21:21:00 +0200 france-will-face-repercussions-assad-warns The French PM is to present top-secret documents to senior lawmakers on Monday to show that the Syrian regime was behind a recent deadly chemical weapons attack. President Hollande is under pressure to put the prospect of intervention in Syria to a parliamentary vote. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130902/france-to-offer-proof-of-syria-chemical-attack Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:57:00 +0200 france-to-offer-proof-of-syria-chemical-attack With France looking ever more isolated in its stance on Syria, French President François Hollande is under increasing pressure to get the green light to launch strikes against Bashar al-Assad’s regime through a vote in the country's parliament. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130902/hollande-urged-to-get-syria-green-light-from-mps Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:53:00 +0200 hollande-urged-to-get-syria-green-light-from-mps France has already dispatched a warship and President Francois Hollande is talking tough about "punishing" Bashar al-Assad over a chemical weapons attack, but a poll on Thursday revealed the majority of French oppose military action by its armed forces. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130829/majority-of-french-oppose-syria-intervention Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:51:00 +0200 majority-of-french-oppose-syria-intervention An anti-aircraft frigate from the French Navy was dispatched in the direction of Syria on Thursday morning according to reports as the West appears to be preparing for a military strike against Bashar al-Assad’s regime. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130829/french-navy-sends-war-ship-towards-syria Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:12:00 +0200 french-navy-sends-war-ship-towards-syria A possible French military intervention in Syria will be debated by French deputies next week during an emergency session on the crisis. President Francois Hollande has warned he is "ready to punish" those responsible for the recent chemical weapons attack. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130828/french-assembly-to-hold-emergency-syria-debate Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:38:00 +0200 french-assembly-to-hold-emergency-syria-debate French President François Hollande said on Monday he would stand by his American counterpart Barack Obama if the US opted for military intervention in Syria. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the West would make such a decision "in the coming days." https://www.thelocal.fr/20130826/west-will-decide-syria-action-in-coming-days-france Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:57:00 +0200 west-will-decide-syria-action-in-coming-days-france France appeared to take the lead over the Syria crisis on Thursday when Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called for the use of "force" if it is confirmed that Bashar al-Assad's forces had used chemical weapons to massacre citizens. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130822/france-demands-force-over-syria-chemical-weapons Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:42:00 +0200 france-demands-force-over-syria-chemical-weapons