Mr Macron wanted to bring back the navy blue flag, a symbol of the French Revolution, Europe 1 said. However, both the darker and lighter flags have been in use for decades. France's navy and many ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France raised the flag on Tuesday over its embassy in ... the Syrians - in accordance with the ideals of the 2011 revolution that it supported - a peaceful political transition ...

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

France raised its flag Tuesday at its embassy in the Syrian ... "They noted that in keeping with the ideals of the 2011 revolution, which it supported, France hoped for a peaceful political ...