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French diplomat | former political counselor in DC | former fellow @washinstitute.bsky.social | Parisian, Cairene, Beiruti, Rbati

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France launches criminal investigation into Musk’s X over algorithm manipulation The probe is based on complaints from a lawmaker and an unnamed senior civil servant.

www.politico.eu/article/fran...

11.07.2025 17:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Remember that the real threat to freedom of speech is liberals moving to BlueSky.

10.06.2025 17:24 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Déclaration conjointe des dirigeants de la France, du Royaume-Uni et du Canada sur la situation à Gaza et en Cisjordanie. Lire la déclaration.

🇫🇷🇨🇦🇬🇧statement. Strongest to date to Gaza/WB www.elysee.fr/emmanuel-mac...

19.05.2025 18:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Some clearly important diplomacy happening in Rome/Vatican City this morning

26.04.2025 12:51 — 👍 322    🔁 44    💬 22    📌 18
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Massive Iran Port Explosion Kills 4 and Injures Hundreds There was no immediate indication that the blast was caused by sabotage or a deliberate attack. State media said it was likely caused by containers of chemicals catching fire.

A massive explosion at a port in southern Iran on Saturday killed at least four people and injured more than 500, according to state media.

26.04.2025 14:36 — 👍 82    🔁 31    💬 5    📌 1
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The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

21.04.2025 17:25 — 👍 38005    🔁 7914    💬 3902    📌 3193

Carlson’s line that Russia won’t invade Europe because it’s “dying economically” reflects a bizarre MAGA idea of Europe. Though Europe’s economy is 12 times bigger than Russia’s, much of MAGA imagines Europe as an apocalyptic wasteland with no industry and inhabited mostly by migrant criminals.

22.03.2025 07:19 — 👍 672    🔁 169    💬 57    📌 7
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Pentagon sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East as Trump warns Iran The USS Carl S. Vinson is expected to vastly increase Washington's strike capabilities in the Gulf region as Trump gives Tehran a two-month deadline to reach a new nuclear agreement.

NEW: Pentagon sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East as Trump warns Iran www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

21.03.2025 18:53 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 2

Good thing, I guess, that at this point the country that seems most likely to attack Canada is the United States. 🫠🙃

06.03.2025 18:28 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

The suspension of U.S. assistance for Ukraine is a very unfortunate and significant development, but it may not have immediate impact. Ukraine is far less dependent on the U.S. for day to day battlefield needs in 2025, than it was in earlier periods of the war. 1/

04.03.2025 14:05 — 👍 1385    🔁 314    💬 26    📌 31
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Le grand déphasage de la politique française face aux bouleversements du monde ANALYSE. Face à l’offensive idéologique américaine, la plupart des politiques français semblent désemparés, en deçà des enjeux, au risque de rester à la remorque de l’histoire.

La classe politique française en mode "Don't look up" face aux États-Unis, à la Russie et à l'Ukraine. Entre déni et incompétence. Excellent papier dans @lemonde.fr par Solenn de Royer

www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

21.02.2025 16:35 — 👍 75    🔁 34    💬 4    📌 1
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And on this day Le Monde, the bible of the French elite, has also quit X

20.01.2025 17:46 — 👍 342    🔁 97    💬 11    📌 5
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Missed this earlier - on Monday, there was another meeting of what is now calling itself the 'Group of Five', France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the UK.

The meeting was on the level of defence ministers, discussing defence industry, EU-NATO relations, support for Ukraine and deterrence ag Russia.

15.01.2025 14:51 — 👍 110    🔁 27    💬 3    📌 4
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A History of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Publicly Announced Counterterrorism Actions Against Islamic State Leaders and Members Today's arrests by the Syrian Caretaker Government against the Islamic State is a continuation of a counterterrorism campaign that HTS has been conducting against the Islamic State for years

In light of today's first arrests by the HTS-led Syrian government against the Islamic State since the fall of the regime, I'm unloading my archives, and sharing every time HTS announced conducting CT ops against IS, including today's. Fully open access. www.jihadologyplus.com/p/a-history-...

11.01.2025 14:49 — 👍 50    🔁 22    💬 0    📌 1

“They were monitoring all Nato naval ships and aircraft,” Lloyd’s List was told. “They had all details on them. They were just matching their frequencies. “Russians, Turkish, Indian radio officers were operating it.” www.lloydslist.com/LL1151955/Ru...

27.12.2024 17:16 — 👍 379    🔁 176    💬 11    📌 10
Syrie - Déplacement d'une mission diplomatique française à Damas (17.12.2024) Comme annoncé par le ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires Étrangères, une équipe de diplomates s'est rendue à Damas le 17 décembre 2024 pour marquer la (…)

« 🇫🇷 mission met with a representative appointed by the transitional authorities. It told him that in line with the ideals of the 2011 revolution which it supported, 🇫🇷 wished to see a peaceful political transition for Syrians, representative of all components of Syrian society » fdip.fr/bKys6XUC

17.12.2024 21:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Une mission diplomatique française se rendra mardi en Syrie, une première depuis 12 ans L’objectif des quatre diplomates envoyés en Syrie sera notamment de «reprendre possession de nos emprises sur place», a annoncé ce dimanche le ministre des Affaires étrangères, Jean-Noël Barrot.

#Breaking France will send a delegation, made of four diplomats, to #Syria on Tuesday, per a statement made by France's Foreign Minister on radio today.

15.12.2024 13:30 — 👍 28    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

Ppl worried abt "instability" - was Assad a haven of stability?
-facilitated jihadists to Iraq
-forcibly displaced ~50% of Syrians to Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Europe
-fuelled the rise of ISIS
-enabled Iran to extend its axis
-enabled Russia to extend its malign influence

08.12.2024 13:03 — 👍 319    🔁 85    💬 2    📌 10
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Syrie – Chute du régime de Bachar al-Assad (08.12.2024) En ce jour historique pour la Syrie et le peuple syrien, la France salue la chute du régime de Bachar al-Assad le 8 décembre 2024, après plus de 13 (…)

En ce jour historique pour la Syrie et le peuple syrien, la France salue la chute du régime de Bachar al-Assad le 8 décembre 2024, après plus de 13 ans d’une répression d’une grande violence contre son propre peuple. www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-...

08.12.2024 11:09 — 👍 36    🔁 14    💬 5    📌 1
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The Backstory Behind the Fall of Aleppo New Lines reports exclusively on the details leading up to the city's stunning capture

« Kyiv was meant to fall in three days, not Aleppo » newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

03.12.2024 21:15 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Seeing so many emotionally-charged Syrian city names popping up like that before being eclipsed by the next one is simply incredible

30.11.2024 18:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

...which they failed to capture back in 2013-14.

30.11.2024 07:14 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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NEW: Advice from Jawlani to fighters in Aleppo

-Priority is to protect property & lives of civilians + establish security

-Calm fears of people from all sects

-Aleppo is meeting place of civilization with cultural/religious diversity for all Syrians

-Anyone who defects from regime is safe (1/2)

29.11.2024 16:54 — 👍 33    🔁 18    💬 1    📌 2
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Joint statement by Presidents Biden and Macron announcing a ceasefire in Lebanon

26.11.2024 21:10 — 👍 60    🔁 21    💬 3    📌 0

The #Israeli security cabinet has approved the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon. The agreement is expected to take effect tomorrow morning at 10 am

26.11.2024 19:46 — 👍 20    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 2

And good company 🙃

25.11.2024 16:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sharp elbows and raised voices: Inside Trump’s bumpy transition His freewheeling team has returned to the patterns of his first term in office — with shouting matches, expulsions from meetings and name-calling.

Passionnant aperçu des factions en présence de la future Maison Blanche de #Trump.
Constante: la façon du président- élu d'arbitrer les egos par le chaos et leur libre affrontement.
Nouveauté: le curseur s'est déplacé encore très à droite par rapport à 2017
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www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

23.11.2024 17:35 — 👍 99    🔁 32    💬 4    📌 1
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IAEA censures Iran over nuclear activity Out of its 35 member countries, 19 voted in favor of the resolution, 12 abstained, while China and Russia voted against the resolution.

JUST IN: IAEA censures Iran over nuclear activity, 19 voted in favor of the resolution, 12 abstained, while China and Russia voted against the resolution. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

21.11.2024 21:17 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Après la rupture de deux câbles en mer Baltique, la crainte d’un sabotage et de la « guerre hybride » Deux câbles de fibre optique sous-marins, reliant la Suède à la Lituanie et la Finlande à l’Allemagne, ont été coupés entre dimanche 17 et lundi 18 novembre. Six pays européens, dont la France, accuse...

Il fait en finir avec ce terme confus de "guerre hybride", qui ajoute du flou là où nous avons besoin de clarté. Le sabotage d'une infrastructure de telecommunications est un acte hostile puisqu'il vise à perturber l'exercice du pouvoir territorial d'un État.
www.lemonde.fr/pixels/artic...

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