This is Beirut, 06/02 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Bashar al-Assad United Nations
A United Nations commission said Thursday it had documented the systematic destruction and pillaging of displaced people's property during Syria's war, warning of demographic change nearly two months after Bashar al-Assad's ouster. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Syria has documented "pillages of such large scale that ...
This is Beirut, 06/02 10:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The M23 armed group and allied Rwandan forces launched a new offensive on Wednesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, days before the Rwandan and Congolese presidents are due to attend a crisis summit. The United Nations meanwhile said the battle for the key city of Goma, which the M23 and Rwandan troops seized last week, had left at ...
This is Beirut, 05/02 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Arab League Donald Trump United States Gaza United Nations
The Arab League said on Wednesday that a shock suggestion by US President Donald Trump to take over Gaza and displace Palestinians would violate international law and cause further instability. While "confident in the United States and its president's desire to achieve a just peace in the region", the Arab League's secretariat said Trump's ...
This is Beirut, 05/02 13:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Shelling by Sudanese paramilitaries killed five people outside one of the last functioning hospitals in Khartoum's twin city Omdurman Tuesday, with medical sources reporting escalating violence across the war-torn country. A medical source in Al-Nao Hospital in Omdurman, requesting anonymity for safety reasons, said volunteers were among the ...
This is Beirut, 04/02 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Beirut International Airport Lebanese Army Joseph Aoun United Nations
Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, emphasized on Tuesday the necessity of implementing UN Resolution 1701 “to restore Lebanon’s sovereignty.” Speaking at a press conference following his meeting with President Joseph Aoun at the Presidential Palace, Bin Abdulrahman ...
This is Beirut, 01/02 09:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Marco Rubio heads Saturday to Panama on his debut trip abroad as US Secretary of State as he looks for how to follow up on President Donald Trump's extraordinary threat to seize the Panama Canal. Rubio's travel comes the same day that Trump's promised tariffs on the three largest US trading partners -- Canada, Mexico and China -- are set to come ...
This is Beirut, 31/01 11:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel Joseph Aoun United Nations United States
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Ahmed Abdelatty emphasized Egypt’s commitment to Lebanon’s stability, stressing the need for the full implementation of UN Resolution 1701 in “all its provisions.” Speaking after a meeting with President Joseph Aoun on Friday, Abdelatty expressed Egypt’s solidarity with the Lebanese ...
This is Beirut, 30/01 20:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United Nations said Thursday its humanitarian relief agency UNRWA would continue working in all Palestinian territories, including east Jerusalem, despite Israeli legislation coming into force that cuts ties with the organization. Israel decided to ban the UN agency for Palestinian refugees following accusations some of its staff belong to ...
This is Beirut, 30/01 19:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel South Lebanon United Nations
Two Israeli airstrikes targeted the locality of Taybeh in southern Lebanon’s Marjayoun caza late Thursday afternoon, heightening tensions in the region. The first strike hit bulldozers working near a Husseiniya (a Shiite place of worship), with the drivers narrowly escaping harm. The second strike targeted the town square near a police station, ...
This is Beirut, 29/01 14:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel Benjamin Netanyahu United Nations Golan Syria
Syria's new authorities on Wednesday urged Israel's withdrawal from Syrian territory it occupied in the Golan Heights after president Bashar al-Assad's ousting, during talks with UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix, state media reported. During Lacroix's meeting with Syria's foreign and defense ministers, "it was confirmed that Syria is ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 22:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Israeli military on Monday said it had "eliminated over 15 terrorists" and arrested 40 wanted people during a major raid that began last week in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. The raid began two days after a truce took hold in the Gaza Strip. The military said in a statement that during the Jenin operation troops seized dozens of ...
This is Beirut, 26/01 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday welcomed US President Donald Trump's idea to "clean out" Gaza by relocating Palestinian residents of the territory to Egypt and Jordan. On Saturday, Trump said he had spoken to Jordan's King Abdullah II about moving Palestinians out of Gaza. "I'd like Egypt ...