This is Beirut, 13/06 17:55 - Reading : less than a minute
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The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Friday at 3:00 pm (1900 GMT) following Israel's wave of airstrikes on neighboring Iran, current Council presidency Guyana announced. The meeting was requested by Iran and supported by Russia and China, a diplomatic source told AFP. With AFP
This is Beirut, 11/06 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Rudolph Haikal emphasized the critical importance of continued coordination between the Lebanese Army and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) during a visit to the mission’s headquarters in Naqoura on Wednesday. In a meeting with UNIFIL Commander Major General Aroldo Lázaro, Haikal ...
Samar El-Kadi, 11/06 11:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) approaches its annual mandate renewal this August, tensions are mounting in south Lebanon following repeated altercations between residents and peacekeepers, jeopardizing the mission’s future. French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian is in Lebanon to reaffirm Paris’ long-term ...
This is Beirut, 09/06 16:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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UNIFIL spokesperson in Lebanon Andrea Tenenti said on Monday that no discussions have taken place regarding a reduction in international funding for UNIFIL’s mission in Lebanon, two months before the annual renewal of its mandate. “We are committed to ensuring security and stability in southern Lebanon, and we aim to hand over all our duties ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 06/06 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As the Israeli Army issued a warning to Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday, Lebanon sought to avoid Israeli airstrikes on the targeted sites. The Lebanese representative to the Ceasefire Monitoring Committee approached the committee’s chairman, US General Michael Leeney, promising that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) would enter and inspect ...
This is Beirut, 04/06 23:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United States vetoed Wednesday a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gaza, which Washington claimed undermined ongoing diplomacy to resolve the conflict. It was the 15-member body's first vote on the situation since November, when the United States -- a key Israeli ally -- also ...
This is Beirut, 01/06 22:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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British foreign minister David Lammy said on Sunday that Morocco's autonomy plan for the territory of Western Sahara was the "most credible" solution to the decades-long dispute, reversing London's long-standing position. Western Sahara, a mineral-rich former Spanish colony, is largely controlled by Morocco but has been claimed in its entirety ...
This is Beirut, 31/05 22:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President of Parliament Nabih Berri told the newspaper Asharq al-Awsat that the issue of renewing the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was at the top of the agenda of his recent meeting with President Joseph Aoun. Berri said that a committee had been formed to draft a letter to the UN Security Council requesting ...
Philippe Abi-Akl, 27/05 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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President Mahmoud Abbas’ recent visit to Lebanon is unlike any before it, neither in symbolism nor substance. Local and regional dynamics have been upended. What held true before September 2024 and even during the turbulent months that followed in Lebanon and Syria, no longer applies in 2025. Abbas in Beirut: A Break from the Past This visit ...
Michel Touma, 25/05 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A quarter-century is a brief chapter in the life of a nation. But for a population held hostage for decades by war and relentless existential crises – driven by the unchecked ambitions of regional powers and factions – it can feel like an era. On May 25, 2000, Hezbollah staged a major celebration to mark the withdrawal of the last Israeli ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 16/05 20:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Since the ceasefire took effect in Lebanon on November 27, UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) peacekeepers stationed south of the Litani River have come under multiple attacks, attributed to Hezbollah-affiliated groups. These incidents represent a direct violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 and undermine ...
This is Beirut, 12/05 16:35 - Reading : less than a minute
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) discovered more than 225 weapons caches in southern Lebanon and transferred the weapons to the Lebanese Army (LAF), the UN mission announced in a statement released Monday. According to the statement, the LAF, supported by UNIFIL, has redeployed to over 120 permanent positions south of the ...