1 | The two countries have been warring constantly for many years. | |
2 | Are we the mediators that pull warring sides together? | |
3 | But it also has taken to defying Russia, with which it fought a brief war in 2008. | |
4 | He was the leader of the French army; and France was at war with nearly all the countries around. | |
5 | But it appealed to the warring parties to remember that they had an obligation under international law to protect civilians. |