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In the French election campaign, Macron took a harder line on relations with Russia than his opponents. (AFP)

May 29th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Anti-Terrorism and Conflict in Syria Top Agenda for Putin and Macron

The fight against terrorism and the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine will top agenda when newly inaugurated French President Emmanuel Macron hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Police officers frisk a man on the Champs Elysees in Paris after the deadly shooting. (AFP)

April 21st, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Daesh claims Paris attack. Trump: 'What can you say? It just never ends'

An Egyptian Coptic Christian raises a cross while others shout slogans in a demonstration last year. (AFP/File)

January 30th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Fears arise in Egypt that Christians will face backlash from Trump’s anti-Muslim policies

Syrian artist Aziz al-Asmar works on a mural depicting the war in Syria. (AFP/File)

January 23rd, 2017 - 01:17 GMT

Rivals at Astana talks agree on call for a ceasefire in Syria but differ on their political agendas

During a military operation launched by the Kurdish peshmerga forces near Mosul, Iraq's second city and the Islamic State group's de facto capital in the country, one Iraqi Kurdish reporter was killed and another wounded in August 2016. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

October 17th, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Iraq: Kurdish Peshmerga forces liberate seven villages as Mosul operation begins

Iraqi forces gather at the Qayyarah military base, about 60 kilometres (35 miles) south of Mosul, on October 16, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

October 17th, 2016 - 05:46 GMT

Iraq’s battle against Daesh reaches turning point as operation to retake Mosul begins

People take to the street in support of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan July 16, 2016.

July 17th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT