This Is Beirut, 2024-04-11 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UN Fact-Finding Mission to Sudan, on Thursday, called for an immediate ceasefire, the end of attacks on civilians, and full access for humanitarian aid. The Sudanese people have had enough of the devastating conflict raging inside the country, UN investigators said Thursday as the fighting rolls on into a second year. Sudan's warring parties ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-28 22:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The ICJ has ordered Israel to "ensure urgent humanitarian assistance" after "famine has set in". This follows Monday's UN Security Council Resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire." The world's top court on Thursday ordered Israel to "ensure urgent humanitarian assistance" in Gaza without delay, saying "famine has set in". The ...
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-03-28 12:13 - Reading : less than a minute
MP Michel Douaihy told This is Beirut that the Lebanese government is not meeting the standards to fight what is happening on the southern border of Lebanon and that an immediate ceasefire should be attained. Douaihy also stressed that the pillar for the implementation of all those strategies is the election of a president.
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-25 19:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Monday evening, the United Nations Security Council passed for the first time a ceasefire resolution for the Israel-Gaza war, which entails a preliminary ceasefire during the month of Ramadan to make way for a “lasting” scenario. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/latest-news/238695"] Many have had their eyes on South Lebanon ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-25 10:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The UN Security Council will vote on another ceasefire resolution, on Monday, with diplomats cautiously expecting the resolution to be adopted, after working with the US to avoid their veto. The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a new draft resolution on an "immediate" ceasefire in Gaza, after Russia and China vetoed an earlier text ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-22 17:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russia and China vetoed on Friday a US resolution stressing the "necessity" of an "immediate" ceasefire in Gaza, arguing that it is "hypocritical". France, however, remains determined to find "an agreement" in the UN Security Council. Russia and China on Friday vetoed a US-led draft resolution at the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, with ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-22 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
China expressed support on Friday for UN Security Council efforts to end the conflict in Gaza but refrained from explicitly stating whether it would back a US draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. China said on Friday that it supported steps by the UN Security Council to end fighting in Gaza. It did not say whether Beijing, a ...
2024-03-19 09:56 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Despite the failure of American, French and Arab attempts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza before the beginning of Ramadan, efforts are still underway for a truce, this time through a new US proposal that is awaiting Hamas’s response. US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf stated in this regard, "We are seeking a ...
2024-03-15 15:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas has put forward a new ceasefire proposal which would see a six-week truce and the mutual exchange of prisoners, alongside the phased withdrawal of the Israeli military and the return of displaced Gazans. Hamas proposed a new six-week truce in Gaza and an exchange of several dozen Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an official from ...
2024-03-05 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein Ceasefire Palestine Hamas
A meeting was held on Sunday (March 3) in Cairo between officials from Hamas, Qatar and the United States to discuss the Gaza ceasefire agreement. If Israel agrees to the demands of the Palestinian movement and if Tel Aviv obtains – under its conditions – a comprehensive list of the names of surviving Israeli detainees, the ceasefire would ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-04 10:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US Vice President Kamala Harris called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Sunday, marking a change in the tone of the US administration. Harris is set to meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz on Monday to discuss matters. US Vice President Kamala Harris urged an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, ...
Joanne Naoum, 2024-03-01 17:12 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Significant international support is currently being extended to the Lebanese Army. The international community places great reliance on the institution's pivotal role and legitimacy as the sole and legal protector of the country, a sentiment shared by the majority of the Lebanese population. Diplomatic envoys have consistently advocated ...