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Israeli Strikes on Syria 'Likely the Deadliest' to Date: UN Envoy

This is Beirut, 21/11 19:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A bombardment that killed scores in the city of Palmyra was "likely the deadliest Israeli strike in Syria to date," a UN representative said Thursday, warning of escalating violence in the country. At least 79 people died on Wednesday in the central city, which sits adjacent to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, according to the Syrian Observatory for ...

UNIFIL Video Depicts the Massive Destruction in Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut, 21/11 17:10 - Reading : less than a minute

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The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) published a video on their telegram account on Thursday that depicted the massive destruction of towns and villages in southern Lebanon. The footage shows peacekeepers making their way through devastated towns near the Blue Line, as they try to deliver essentials to their bases to keep operations going. The ...

CCLC on Independence Day: Call for a New Cedars Revolution to Liberate Lebanon

This is Beirut, 21/11 14:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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On Lebanon's Independence Day this year, the Coordinating Committee of Lebanese-Canadians (CCLC) issued a stark message about the country's dual occupations by Iran and Israel, calling for unity among opposition forces to reclaim Lebanon's sovereignty. With one third of the population displaced, widespread destruction in the South and Beqaa ...

Iran Says Western Resolution Will ‘Weaken’ Interaction With IAEA

This is Beirut, 21/11 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A resolution tabled by Western countries to censure Iran's nuclear program at the International Atomic Energy Agency "will weaken and disrupt" interactions between the UN body and Tehran, it warned ahead of the vote on Thursday. Paris, Berlin, London and Washington have formally submitted a text condemning Iran for alleged lack of cooperation ...

World Still Split Over Money as Clock Ticks on COP29

This is Beirut, 21/11 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A fresh draft of a climate pact unveiled Thursday at COP29 failed to break an impasse over money, with time running out for nations to reach a long-sought trillion-dollar finance agreement. The UN climate summit in Azerbaijan is supposed to conclude on Friday but the latest draft only underlines divisions as nations return to the negotiating ...

‘Steep Climb’ Ahead as Clock Ticks on Stalled Climate Talks

This is Beirut, 20/11 14:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Pressure mounted on rich nations Wednesday to commit nearly $1 trillion a year in assistance for poorer countries as time runs out to strike a deal at the COP29 climate talks. With two days left to break the impasse in Azerbaijan, wealthy nations have still not revealed how much they are willing to provide the developing world to cope with ...

Gaza Civil Defence Says 17 Killed in Israeli Strikes

This is Beirut, 20/11 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency said on Wednesday that at least 17 people, including a baby, were killed in Israeli air strikes on the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The Israeli military said one of its soldiers was killed and another seriously wounded during combat in the north of the Gaza Strip. The baby was killed in nighttime shelling of the ...

Hennis-Plasschaert: 'Lebanon Faces a Humanitarian Crisis of Catastrophic Proportions'

This is Beirut, 20/11 10:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert held meetings on Tuesday centered on the escalation of hostilities across the Blue Line and the upcoming report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the implementation of resolution 1701. According to a press ...

Western Countries Submit New Iran Resolution at IAEA

This is Beirut, 20/11 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Western countries on Wednesday formally submitted a new resolution critical of Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ahead of its board meeting, diplomatic sources said. "The text was formally submitted" just before midnight on Tuesday, a diplomatic source told AFP on condition of anonymity, with a second diplomatic source ...

UN Second Committee Approves Draft Resolution Regarding 2006 Lebanon Oil Spill

This is Beirut, 19/11 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United Nations General Assembly’s Economic and Financial Committee approved a resolution on Tuesday requesting that Israel assume responsibility for prompt and adequate compensation to Lebanon affected by an oil slick on its shores during Israel’s 2006 military operations in Lebanon. The resolution marks the 19th consecutive year it has ...

G20 Fails to Progress on Climate

This is Beirut, 19/11 05:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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G20 leaders failed on Monday to break a deadlock in UN climate talks at a summit in Rio that was dominated by divergences over the war in Ukraine and Donald Trump's impending return to the White House. Ahead of the meeting, the UN had implored the leaders of the world's richest economies to rescue stalled climate talks in Azerbaijan by boosting ...

UN Chief Says No Substitute to UNRWA to Aid Palestinian Refugees

This is Beirut, 18/11 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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There is no alternative to the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, its chief insisted Monday, following Israel's order to ban the organization that coordinates nearly all aid in war-ravaged Gaza. "There is no plan B,” head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, told reporters in ...

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