Centrist Emmanuel Macron won 24.01 percent of the votes in the first round of the French presidential election on Sunday, final results from the interior ministry showed on Monday. Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen won 21.30 percent, conservative candidate Francois Fillon 20.01 percent and far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon 19.58 percent. ...
Syria Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Al-Mikdad hoped on Monday that the new leadership in France would change the country’s attitude towards the Syrian crisis, noting that the present administration in France has supported the terrorist groups under various pretexts.. “We look for the new administration to reform the French foreign ...