Jean-Yves Le Drian

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Rival Libyan Leaders In France To Seek Way Out of Chaos

Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj holds French-brokered talks Tuesday with Khalifa Haftar, the rival...

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UN-Backed Libya PM To Meet Eastern Strongman Near Paris

Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj will hold talks near Paris on Tuesday with Khalifa Haftar, the...

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Libya’s Rival Leaders Due In Paris For Talks

The heads of the opposing sides in Libya's crisis are planning to meet in Paris on Tuesday for talks to find a way out...

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French FM In Kuwait For Gulf Crisis Talks

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian held talks with top officials in Kuwait on Sunday in a bid to bolster the...

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France Aims To Be ‘facilitator’ In Gulf Crisis Talks

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in Doha on Saturday that Paris wants to assist Kuwait-led mediation on...

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Tillerson Leaves Gulf With No End In Sight To Qatar Crisis

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday wrapped up a four-day mission to the Gulf with little sign of progress...

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France and Russia Vow To Fight Extremism

The French and Russian foreign ministers vowed Thursday to put aside their countries' differences to fight and defeat...

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France’s Macron Due In Mali To Back Sahel Anti-Jihad Force

President Emmanuel Macron is due in Mali on Sunday to consolidate Western backing for a regional anti-jihadist force,...

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Macron Unveils France’s New Realpolitik For Syria

Recalibrating France's long-held policy of insisting that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad must step down, President...

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Macron Arrives In Mali For Visit To French Troops

Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Mali to meet French troops, less than a week after his inauguration as president. Mr...

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Macron Visits French Troops In Mali’s Restive North

President Emmanuel Macron arrived Friday in conflict-torn Mali to visit French troops fighting jihadists on his first...

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Macron In Mali’s Restive North For Morale-Boosting Visit

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday visits conflict-torn Mali, where French troops have been fighting jihadists for...

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Women Are Half of France’s New Minsters

French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a gender-balanced cabinet in accordance with an earlier pledge, with 11...

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Russia Spurns French Claim IS Bastion Raqa ‘surrounded’

Russia's army on Saturday dismissed a French claim that Raqa, the Islamic State's stronghold in Syria, was surrounded...

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Final Push On Syria’s Raqa To Begin In Days

The international coalition battling the Islamic State group will begin a final push on the jihadists' Syrian...

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French Left Still Split Ahead of Presidential Election

French Defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is the latest member of the current Socialist government to throw his...

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Man Killed After Seizing Soldier’s Gun At Paris Airport

A man has been shot dead after trying to seize a soldier’s weapon at Orly airport in Paris, French officials say. He...

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France Sends Backup To Niger After 16 Troops Killed

France is to send a contingent of counterterror forces to help the army in Niger after militants ambushed a military...

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France Thwarts 24,000 Cyber-Attacks Against Defence Targets

France says it was the subject of 24,000 cyber-attacks against defence targets last year. Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le...