Friedrich Merz

Germany's chancellor as of May 2025.

Germany's chancellor said Iran's leadership was humiliating the United States and getting US officials to travel to Pakistan and then leave without results.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 April, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz leaves after a press conference in Doha
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This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) meeting with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul in Damascus on October 30, 2025.
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	Thousands of Syrians gather on the streets of Essen, Germany, on December 7, 2025, and celebrate the anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) meets with Israel's President Isaac Herzog at the president's residence in Jerusalem on December 6, 2025.
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Merz [Getty]
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Friedrich Merz - Germany
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Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz speaks to the press after the seventh meeting of the European Political Community
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Thousands protest from several left-wing groups during the annual anti-war march for a ceasefire in Gaza and demand that Rheinmetall stop delivering weapons to Israel in Cologne, Germany, on August 30, 2025.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz listens next to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during a press conference following a meeting at Moncloa Palace on September 18, 2025 in Madrid, Spain
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrives for the weekly federal government cabinet meeting
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the award ceremony of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen 2025 (Karlspreis) to European Commission President on May 29, 2025 in Aachen, western Germany.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticised Israel's relentless strikes on Gaza [Getty]
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Families receive the bodies of their loved ones who were killed in Israeli attacks on various areas in the northern Gaza Strip, following funeral procedures at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on May 26, 2025. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty)
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Newly elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz takes the Chancelor's seat after taking the oath during a swearing in session after a second round of voting at the Bundestag in Berlin on May 6, 2025. (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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