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• Thousands flee as Syrian insurgents claim to reach key city of Homs December 6, 2024
  Syrian rebel forces on Friday said they reached Homs, Syria's third-largest city and home to a large population belonging to President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect. While the claim could not be independently verified, the latest rebel advance triggered a mass exodus of people fleeing the central Syrian city. 
• 'Unprecedented': 'Most serious challenge' to survival of Assad regime since 2011 civil war began December 6, 2024
  If Syrian rebel forces capture Homs in their brazen lightning offensive, it would cut off the capital Damascus from the coast, a longtime redoubt of Assad's minority Alawite sect and where his Russian allies have a naval and air base. As Islamist insurgents advance on this key central city and Kurdish fighters seize the eastern desert, triggering local […]
• 'Very survival of Syrian regime at stake': HTS closing in on Homs, Assad regime's 'protected area' December 6, 2024
  Syrian rebel forces advanced on the central city of Homs and Kurdish fighters seized effective control of the eastern desert, jolting President Bashar al-Assad's grip on power and triggering local revolts against his rule in the south. As rebel advances tear at Assad's control, while Iran races to send support, FRANCE 24's Gavin Lee is […]
• Anatomy of a fall…the French government, Notre Dame December 6, 2024
  This week, our set of experts gathered around Gavin LEE take a look at the last episode in the political crisis France is facing, with the Parliamant voting no confidence to Michel Barnier's government; how Syria is plunging back into uncertainty, with various rebel groups taking large cities; and what happened when South Korean President […]
• 'The deal aims to create one of the largest free-trade zones in the world' December 6, 2024
  The European Union reached a blockbuster free trade agreement Friday with Brazil, Argentina and the three other South American nations in the Mercosur trade alliance, capping a quarter-century of on-off negotiations even as France vowed to derail the contentious accord. The deal, proposed in 1999, aims to create one of the largest free-trade zones in […]
• 'Socialist party leader Olivier Faure was invited to the Élysée palace on Friday morning' December 6, 2024
  2024-12-06 18:54 'Socialist party leader Olivier Faure was invited to the Élysée palace on Friday morning'
• Plastic Planet: UN talks fail to curb production December 6, 2024
  2024-12-05 16:45 The world produces some 400 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. About half of all plastic is designed to be single use, that is, thrown away after being used just once. Hopes for a global treaty to tackle plastic production and waste faded at the start of December, when UN-backed talks failed to […]
• This 'raises a lot of questions' about the role of social media in this campaign December 6, 2024
  A top Romanian court on Friday annulled the first round of the country's presidential election, days after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round. "This certainly raises a lot of questions about the role of TikTok and the role of social media in general […]
• Plastic Planet: UN talks fail to curb production December 6, 2024
  The world produces some 400 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. About half of all plastic is designed to be single use, that is, thrown away after being used just once. Hopes for a global treaty to tackle plastic production and waste faded at the start of December, when UN-backed talks failed to reach an […]
• Macron to hold talks with Zelensky, Trump on Notre-Dame ceremony sidelines December 6, 2024
  French President Emmanuel Macron is set to hold talks with visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US president-elect Donald Trump on the sidelines of Saturday’s Notre-Dame Cathedral re-opening ceremony, the French presidential office said Friday.