The next few days will be crucial in determining the fate of the French political landscape, given the lack of a clear consensus, mounting economic pressures, and an opposition poised for elections at any moment.

Amid political paralysis, financial woes and nationwide protests, President Emmanuel Macron of France appointed his close ally, Sebastien Lecornu, as prime minister.

A recently released government report on the Muslim Brotherhood and political Islamism in France has sparked widespread political and religious controversy.

Although French secularism is defined as separation of religion from state, Paris itself is demanding that the transitional Syrian government include religious minorities in the new form of authority.

A controversial bill recently introduced by two French Senate lawmakers aims to criminalize, jail and fine anyone who dares to criticize “Israel” or anti-Semitism and Zionism.