France’s ruling Socialist Party on Sunday condemned the “unprecedented barbarity” of the Syrian government after the death of 32 children in a massacre in the town of Houla on ...
Russia has decided not to attend Thursday’s talks on Syria in Paris, saying they could isolate the Syrian regime and damage the chances of peace, though France says the talks will send a ...
Syria has accepted UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan's proposal that aims at ending bloodshed in the country. But Annan's spokesperson has warned that implementation is key to peace.
The opposition in Syria claims the government has stepped up attacks on cities around the country, just ahead of a joint mission due to begin this week.
A deputy oil minister in Syria this week defected and joined the ranks of the opposition. RFI speaks to a Syria analyst about the implications of this development.
The bodies of American journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Rémi Ochlik, killed in the Syrian city of Homs last week, were flown into Paris from Damascus Sunday.
French journalists Edith Bouvier and William Daniels were flown into France on Friday evening after being trapped in the Syrian city of Homs for over a week.
France is to close its embassy in Damascus to denounce the "scandalous" repression by President Bashar al-Assad's regime, President Nicolas Sarkozy to journalists on Friday at the end of ...
French journalists Edith Bouvier and William Daniels have now left hospital in Beirut and are on their way to the airport from where they will be flown home to France, according to officials.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy had to execute an embarrassing about-turn Tuesday when he was obliged to retract an earlier apparent announcement that journalist Edith Bouvier was no longer in ...
