FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert breaks down what could be Putin's strategy and ultimate goal, following the proposal accepted by Ukraine of an immediate 30-day ceasefire.
Carys Garland is pleased to welcome Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). As war rages in Iran, Mr. Takeyh warns that America's "war of choice" is guided by an improvised military strategy that swings wildly between grand ambitions of regime ch...
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Programme Director for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, says that "even in the most controversial wars, like Iraq, when the war initiates, people tend to rally around the flag [] th...
Iran took the risky gambit of closing the Strait of Hormuz, which could backfire and hurt its own economy. France 24's Yuka Royer speaks with Iranian-Austrian economist Mahdi Ghodsi from the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies about Iran's unsustainable economic path and whether i...
In tonight's edition, the Global South widely condemns the war in Iran, with many countries accusing the US and Israel of violating international law and acting unilaterally. And the United States imposes sanctions on the Rwandan army and several top military officials over their role in fighting i...
Trump threatened Tuesday to sever all trade with Spain after it refused to let US planes use its bases to attack Iran. Spain's left-wing government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, one of Europe's most defiant leaders against Trump, has said that bases long used by US forces could only be allow...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not initially permitting American warplanes to use UK bases to strike Iran, saying "this is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with"....
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, says that "as time has gone on and as Hezbollah has repeatedly dragged the country into war, the patience of everyone else for this excuse 'well, we're fighting Israel, so it's ok' has wor...
"There is possibly a feeling of bitter betrayal" among Gulf countries over the Iranian response to the attacks, according to journalist Hoda Abdel-Hamid, who is reporting for FRANCE 24 in Doha....
President Trump has launched into a war while he’s facing some of the lowest approval ratings of his political career and while a recent poll showed that just one in four Americans approved of his attack on Iran. But it’s not just the general American public. The war is also beginning to sho...
Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Susan Marie Ossman, anthropologist, artist, historian, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Professor of Movements, Spaces and Cultural Practices Affiliationat NYU Abu Dhabi. As war rages in Iran and across the Middle East, Professor Ossman's classes have moved...
Israel sent troops into southern Lebanon on Tuesday and warned residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate, as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an “open war” with Israel, dragging Lebanon into the US-Israeli-Iran conflict. According to the Lebanese health minist...
French President Emmanuel Macron delivered on Tuesday a speech to the nation about the war in Iran and its consequences, after France vowed to protect its nationals and bases in the Middle East. ...
Three days after US and Israeli air strikes started hitting their country, Iranians are torn between conflicting emotions: many are expressing joy for what they see as an opportunity to topple the Islamic regime, but also fear that the strikes will cause more civilian casualties. Two of our Observe...
US President Donald Trump welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to the White House on Tuesday for talks as the US-Israel war against Iran widened, sending oil prices to their highest level since 2024. Trump, speaking in the Oval Office alongside Merz, told reporters the two leaders wou...
US President Donald Trump's administration offered conflicting responses to questions over the attack on Iran and how to bring an end to the conflict even as joint US-Israeli air strikes over the weekend morphed into a larger regional war. ...
Oliver Farry welcomes Pierre Gervais, Professor of American Civilisation at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. He describes the attacks on Iran beyond the prism of geopolitics: a veritable constitutional crisis made in America. He sees the unfolding war with Iran in the cadre of democratic resilience o...
Energy prices surged on Tuesday, sending stocks tumbling and the dollar rising as investors worried about inflation amid fears of a fresh energy crisis over the war with Iran....
Iran stepped up its attacks on economic targets and US missions across the Middle East on Tuesday as President Donald Trump warned it was "too late" for the Islamic republic to seek talks to escape the war. As drones and missiles crashed into oil facilities and US embassies in the Gulf, Washington'...
The deputy director of the European Council on Foreign Relations' Paris office has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how European nations are already being sucked into the war in Iran. Camille Lons pointed out that although any direct help for the US or Israel has been labelled as only defensive, attacks o...
President Donald Trump on Monday pushed back against mounting criticism that he hasn't done enough to explain why it was necessary to start a war with Iran now or to articulate his vision for an endgame to the escalating conflict. Trump also seemed to leave open the possibility for a more extensive...
Israel on Tuesday ordered the military to take control of more positions inside Lebanon to create a buffer zone, as the Lebanese army pulled back some of its forces after Hezbollah attacked Israeli bases in support of its backer, Iran. Lebanon was drawn into the regional war after an initial rocket...
The Israeli army announced that it carried out airstrikes against the Iranian presidency and the offices of the Supreme National Security Council in Tehran, as part of the war launched against Iran...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday backed the US-Israeli war aims against Iran on a visit with US President Donald Trump at the White House, but urged a swift end to the conflict, warning that rising oil and gas prices were harming the global economy. ...
Drones hit the US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday as Iran hit back at industrial and diplomatic targets across the Middle East and Washington warned its citizens to evacuate the entire region. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert tells us more about Iran's broad retaliation....
Drones hit the US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday as Iran hit back at industrial and diplomatic targets across the Middle East and Washington warned its citizens to evacuate the entire region. Four days after US and Israeli strikes killed Iran's supreme leader and triggered a regional war, AFP reporte...
Lebanon was pulled deeper into the war in the Middle East on Tuesday as the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah launched missiles at Israel for a second consecutive day and Israel sent troops into the south and carried out waves of air strikes. Israel's neighbour to the north and the theatre of...
As the US-Israeli campaign in #Iran continues, Benjamin #Netanyahu and #US secretary of war Pete #Hegseth have said the war will not be “endless”, while Donald #Trump claims it will last “four to five weeks”. It is estimated over 780 people have been killed in Iran since the start of the co...
Across Tehran, the sound of explosions rang out through the night and into the early hours Tuesday, as the US and Israel have continued to pound Iran since killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday. Airstrikes have killed at least 787 people in Iran since the start of the war, t...
President Donald Trump on Monday pushed back against mounting criticism that he hasn't done enough to explain why it was necessary to start a war with Iran now or to articulate his vision for an endgame to the escalating conflict. The frustration is coming not just from the political left but also...
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, March 3: Papers discuss the new war in the Middle East and what it could mean for Russia's war in Ukraine. Also: Russian independent paper Meduza analyses the narrative of Russian state TV. Finally, did Jim Carrey attend the César Awards or was it his clone? ...
