Turkish strikes Wednesday targeted Kurdish forces controlling northern Syria's Al-Hol detention camp, home to over 50,000 people including relatives of suspected jihadists, Kurdish forces and a war monitor said.
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade, Zaid Al-Ali, Visiting Fellow at Princeton University and Former UN Advisor in Iraq, explains that until the war in Iran broke out, Iraq had been able to "straddle between US-aligned interests and Iranian-aligned interests" but there's an "acute risk" that it...
Iran made no effort to rebuild uranium enrichment after its capabilities were destroyed in a June 2025 US-Israeli attack, US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard testified Wednesday, contradicting President Donald Trump's justifications for his ongoing war. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson reports from Washi...
Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, is just 30km from Russia and suffers almost daily bombardment from across the border. But as the years of war have gone by, the city’s cultural institutions have adapted in order to keep working despite the dangers. The national opera and ballet theatre i...
Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed four ballistic missiles that were launched toward Riyadh on Wednesday, the Defence Ministry said, just ahead of a meeting of regional and Islamic foreign ministers in the Saudi capital. FRANCE 24's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Doha....
Today in the Middle East, Day 19 of the war, there have been extensive air strikes, drone attacks and missiles launched. And fall-out is spreading far beyond the so called theatre of war. And the funeral of Ali Larijani, Iran's de facto leader, key advisor to the Ayatollah, the head of National Se...
#France's next aircraft carrier will be called the "France Libre" (Free France). It is set to replace the current Charles #deGaulle warship and is being named after the French Resistance movement that de Gaulle led against the #Nazi occupation of France during World War II....
As Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with European leaders, including Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Eduard Soler i Lecha, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Senior Research Associate at IBE...
At war with Iran-backed Hezbollah, Israel on Wednesday has called on everyone living south of the Zahrani River to evacuate immediately. It is an area comprising 14 percent of Lebanon's territory, and is highlighted in red in the maps posted by the Israeli military. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin repo...
Residents of Lebanon southern areas bombarded in the Israel-Hezbollah war poured into the ancient city of Sidon in search of safety. At war with Iran-backed Hezbollah, Israel has called on everyone living south of the Zahrani River to evacuate immediately. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin reports from S...
US President Donald Trump and his allies are attacking news organisations for their coverage of the war on Iran, a conflict the administration says is going well for the United States but is unpopular with the public and has plunged the Middle East into chaos. Trump accused unspecified “fake news...
An extra 45 million people could face acute hunger if the Mideast war carried on through June, swelling the number worldwide to a "terrible" high, the United Nations warned Tuesday. The war, now in its third week, has killed hundreds and seen Iran launch retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday was making his visit to Spain after a stop in London on Tuesday seen as part of an effort by Kyiv to keep the war against Russia a priority for European capitals, even as they grapple with fall-out from the US-Israeli war against Iran that is cons...
At the Joussieh border crossing near the Syrian city of Homs, thousands of Syrian refugees are fleeing the devastating war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah. Driven out by Israeli air strikes after years of exile in Lebanon, families and children wait for hours before returning to a country w...
The former president of Columbia University in New York, which was at the centre of sometimes violent protests against the war in Gaza, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the importance of free speech and how universities have to teach it. Lee C. Bollinger is president emeritus of Columbia University; h...
The head of the US's National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, resigned from his post on Tuesday in opposition to the Trump administration's war on Iran. The former staunch Trump supporter said he could not support the war as "Iran posed no imminent threat" to the US....
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said France's next-generation aircraft carrier set to replace the Charles de Gaulle in 2038 will be named “Free France" in a tribute to the “spirit” of the French resistance against the World War II-era Nazi occupation....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Madrid on Wednesday for talks with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, sources in the PM's office said. His visits to Spain are part of his efforts to rally diplomatic and military support from Western allies since the full-scale war broke out in...
Iran targeted Tel Aviv with missiles carrying cluster warheads in what it said was retaliation for Israel's assassination of Iran's security chief Ali Larijani, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday. The attack on densely populated Tel Aviv overnight on Tuesday killed two people, bringi...
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday NATO and most other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, grousing that he has been unable to rally support behind his war of choice in Iran that he insists he's conducting for the good of the world, even if it doesn't appreciate...
The long-awaited return to the stage of K-pop sensation BTS is set to boost South Korea's tourism and consumer economy. Our regional correspondents report. But first: the war in Iran upends the spring travel season for airlines and passengers alike, and investors await the latest rate call from the...
As Volodymyr Zelensky meets with European leaders to strengthen Ukraine's alliances, Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Dr. Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. According to Dr. Mudra, Ukraine’s struggle goes beyond defending its own territory; it remains a frontline o...
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, March 18, 2026: The Africa Cup of Nations has seen another unbelievable turn as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has stripped Senegal of their 2025 African Champions title, to give it to Morocco. Also, the Guardian reveals that the UK took part in negotiation...
Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns about the justification for military strikes in Iran and saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump administration’s war. “Iran posed no imminent threat to our...
Israel stepped up airstrikes in central Beirut on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and destroying a 10-storey building, Lebanese authorities said, in attacks that shook the capital in the third week of Israel's war with Hezbollah. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin reports from the site of a strike....
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that international attention must remain on Ukraine's fight against Russia despite the US-Israeli war with Iran. The two leaders met in London and signed a new defence partnership focused on countering drones....
Iranian intelligence minister Esmail Khatib was "eliminated" in a strike overnight, Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday. Iran has not yet confirmed Khatib's reported death. The news comes after Israeli strikes on central Beirut – which came without...
Iran has confirmed the deaths of two senior security officials, considered among the most powerful figures in the country, in overnight strikes: Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and General Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Revolutionary Guard’s Basij force....
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Monte Francis, Robert Corn-Revere, Chief Counsel for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, explains that the FCC pressure on news organisations "is simply a threat being wielded by a powerful regulator to try to condition the behaviour of broadcast stations"...
Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns about the justification for military strikes in Iran and saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump administration’s war. Kent, a former Green Beret and politica...
