RFI English Returning to RaqqaRFI - Filip Warwick In the Syrian city of Raqqa much of the infrastructure remains flattened. The four-month push in 2017 to oust the Islamic State armed group destroyed …
RFI English Raqqa’s underground caliphateRFI - Filip Warwick In October of last year the rebel Syrian Democratic Forces with support of the US led coalition entered Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic …
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RFI English Healing the traumatised children of Raqqa after three years of IS armed groupRFI - Filip Warwick Last year tens of thousands of internally displaced people, or IDPs, fled from areas controlled by the Islamic State Armed Group. Many of those …
RFI English Raqqa reaps the fruit of three years under Islamic State armed groupRFI - Filip Warwick For nearly three years the Syrian city of Raqqa served as the de facto capital of the Islamic State Armed Group. Last year IS fighters were ousted by …
RFI English Booming cafe culture emerges in Kabul despite the risksRFI - Zakarya Hassani In Afghanistan, a booming café culture has emerged in recent years and many successful entrepreneurs have emerged by establishing western-like cafes …
RFI English Israel's Arab Druze demand equality before the lawRFI - Ibrahim Husseini Military service in Israel is compulsory, but there are exemptions for Arab citizens and ultra-orthodox Jews. However, secular Israelis and Arab …
RFI English Macron 'regrets' US scrapping of Unrwa financeRFI French President Emmanuel Macron has said he regrets the US’s decision to scrap its contributions to the UN’s refugee agency for Palestinian refugees …
RFI English Palestinian musicians play from new Jerusalem pitRFI - Ibrahim Husseini East Jerusalem has its first orchestra pit. Twenty five Palestinian classical musicians serenaded an audience from the new pit inside the Yabous …
RFI English Afghan women entrepreneurs defy traditionRFI - Zakarya Hassani Women in Afghanistan are increasingly launching their own businesses, despite the violent conflict and a weak economy that has crippled the country …
RFI English France warns of 'catastrophe' in Syria's IdlibRFI French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday he feared a "catastrophe" in Idlib as the forces of the Syrian President Bashar …
RFI English Defence minister denies French arms used in Yemen conflictRFI French Defence Minister Florence Parly on Friday told students that she was "horrified" by the situation in wartorn Yemen. But she said she did not …
RFI English Iran rejects French call for talks on regional roleRFI Iran has said no to a French call for talks that go beyond its nuclear capacity and demanded that Western powers live up to their already-existing …
RFI English Israel welcomes US aid cuts to Palestinian refugee agencyRFI Israel on Saturday welcomed the US announcement that it is halting all funding for the United Nations' agency for Palestinian refugees. President …
RFI English Iran sees US in court over economic sanctionsRFI - Jan van der Made Iran filed a lawsuit against the US at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday. Tehran demands the suspension of renewed US …
RFI English Air France stops flights to IranRFI Air France has stopped flights to Tehran, as has British Airways, the two companies announced on Thursday. They are the latest of a string of firms …
RFI English France, US, UK warn Assad over chemical weapons in IdlibRFI The United States, France and Britain on Tuesday threatened to "respond appropriately" if Syria's armed forces use chemical weapons in their …
RFI English Erdogan, Macron agree to boost trade as lira fallsRFI Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and France's Emmanuel Macron agreed in a phone call Thursday to foster trade ties, a Turkish presidential …
RFI English Syria says refugees can return - but to what?RFI Syrian government officials vowed on Monday to ensure the safe return of refugees to the country, while urging Western countries to help by lifting …
RFI EnglishFrance France, Russia send humanitarian aid to Syria for Ghouta victimsRFI France and Russia on Saturday despatched a plane carrying humanitarian aid to the ravaged former Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, which was …
RFI English 'Cult-like' Iranian opposition group in France accused of bomb plotRFI - Jan van der Made Iran has accused an exiled opposition group of orchestrating an alleged plot to bomb one of its own rallies near Paris. Belgium, France and Germany …
RFI English Israel tries Frenchman accused of Gaza-West Bank gun-runningRFI A French employee of his country's consulate accused of smuggling dozens of guns from Gaza to the West Bank in an official car appeared in an Israeli …
RFI English France accused of aiding 'bloody' Egyptian repression through arms salesRFI France has "participated in the bloody Egyptian repression" for the past five years by delivering weapons and surveillance systems to President Abdel …
RFI English Escape from Aleppo: one man's journeyRFI - Anne-Marie Bissada From Aleppo to Paris. A freelance journalist who posted a video of the evacuation of the Syrian city as Bashar al-Assad's forces took control of it …
RFI English France's Lafarge charged over alleged complicity with Syria crimes against humanityRFI Franco-Swiss cement giant has been charged with complicity in crimes against humanity and financing terrorism over alleged payments to insurgents, …
RFI English Erdogan triumphant after winning Turkish elections gambleRFI - Tony Cross Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey's presidential election without having to go to a second round of voting, according to …
RFI English Turkish voters speak on historic election dayRFI - Tony Cross The sky was uncharacteristically grey over Istanbul on Sunday. But Turkish politics was anything but dull, with voters casting their ballots in …
RFI English Turkey's historic election - what's on the voters' minds?RFI - Tony Cross Turkey faces historic elections for both its parliament and its presidency on Sunday. If President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reelected, the …
