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1 week ago | 
epochtimes.fr | Adam Morrow
Le dirigeant syrien Ahmed al-Sharaa s’est rendu à Paris le 7 mai pour son premier voyage en Europe depuis que son prédécesseur, Bachar al-Assad, a été évincé lors d’une offensive rebelle à la fin de l’année dernière. M. al-Sharaa a rencontré le président français, avec qui une série de questions relatives à la Syrie déchirée par les conflits devaient être abordées.
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1 week ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Adam Morrow
The trip gives a diplomatic boost to Ahmed al-Sharaa and his interim government, which has yet to be formally recognized by Washington. 5/7/2025Updated: 5/7/2025Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa headed to Paris on May 7 in his first trip to Europe since his predecessor, Bashar al-Assad, was ousted in a rebel offensive late last year. In Paris, al-Sharaa will meet French President Emmanuel Macron, with whom he is expected to discuss a range of issues pertaining to strife-torn Syria.
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1 week ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Adam Morrow
Kyiv says Ukrainian forces are still active in Kursk despite Russian claims to the contrary. 5/6/2025Updated: 5/6/2025Airports in Moscow briefly halted operations after a swarm of Ukrainian drones targeted the Russian capital in the early hours of May 6, according to Russian officials. In a social media post, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said at least 19 drones, which had converged on the capital from different directions, had been downed by Russian air defenses.
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2 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Adam Morrow
An Istanbul court has jailed 18 opposition-linked municipal officials pending trial on graft charges, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency confirmed on April 30. The move comes amid an ongoing clampdown on officials affiliated with the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Turkey’s main opposition party. Over the weekend, local authorities detained 47 other opposition-linked Istanbul officials on similar charges of corruption.
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2 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Adam Morrow
‘We have clearly defined our red lines,’ the Ukrainian prime minister said after returning from Washington. 4/28/2025Updated: 4/28/2025A proposed minerals deal between the United States and Ukraine will not apply to past disbursements of U.S. assistance to Kyiv, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.
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2 weeks ago | 
epochtimes.fr | Adam Morrow
La Jordanie, pays du Moyen-Orient, a interdit le groupe des Frères musulmans, à la suite d’allégations que certains de ses membres auraient comploté pour déstabiliser le pays. « Il a été prouvé que les membres du groupe opèrent dans l’ombre et se livrent à des activités susceptibles de déstabiliser le pays », a déclaré le ministère jordanien de l’Intérieur dans un communiqué publié le 23 avril.
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2 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Adam Morrow
Long viewed as a U.S. ally, Jordan currently hosts more than 3,500 American troops and a string of U.S. military bases. 4/24/2025Updated: 4/24/2025The Middle Eastern nation of Jordan has outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood group, following claims that some of its members had plotted to destabilize the country. ‘’It has been proven that members of the group operate in the dark and engage in activities that could destabilize the country,” Jordan’s interior ministry said in a statement on April 23.
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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Adam Morrow
The meeting was postponed after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio canceled his planned visit to London, where he had been slated to take part in the talks. 4/23/2025Updated: 4/23/2025A scheduled foreign ministers’ meeting in London to discuss peace proposals between Russia and Ukraine has been indefinitely postponed, the British Foreign Ministry has confirmed.
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3 weeks ago | 
epochtimes.fr | Adam Morrow
Moscou est ouvert à des pourparlers avec l’Ukraine en vue de parvenir à un cessez-le-feu conditionnel, a déclaré le président russe Vladimir Poutine. « Nous avons toujours dit que nous considérions positivement toute initiative de paix », a affirmé M. Poutine dans des remarques adressées à la presse russe le 21 avril, qui ont été publiées par la suite sur le site web du Kremlin. M.
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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Adam Morrow
Moscow is open to holding talks with Ukraine with a view to reaching a conditional cease-fire, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. “We have always said that we treat any peace initiative positively,” Putin said in remarks to the Russian press on April 21, which were later published on the Kremlin’s website. Putin made the remarks following the expiry of a unilateral 30-hour cease-fire, which he had announced over the weekend to coincide with the Easter holiday.
