Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire

Associated Press  

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Qatari officials in Doha to discuss the ongoing Israeli-Hamas cease-fire negotiations. The meeting comes as the U.S. struggles to break the logjam of cease-fire negotiations between Israel and the militant group. The article also highlights the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, with the Israel-Hamas war continuing in Gaza and Lebanon. The U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the last Israel-Hezbollah war, called for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from areas south of Lebanon's Litani River and the deployment of 8,000 Lebanese troops to a buffer zone along the border with Israel. However, Israel says the resolution was never implemented and that Hezbollah built up military infrastructure all the way to the border. The article also mentions the humanitarian crisis in the region, with hospitals in Gaza facing a severe shortage of medical supplies and that ambulances can no longer service the facility. The French President pledged to provide a 100-million euro ($108-million) package to support Lebanon at an international conference, while Italy and Germany also announced new aid packages for the country.

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Blinken, regional top diplomats meet in Jordan to discuss Syria’s post-Assad transition
1 week, 2 days ago

Blinken, regional top diplomats meet in Jordan to discuss Syria’s post-Assad transition

Firstpost  

The end of the Assad family’s half-century rule has raised fears of further instability in the Middle East, a region already grappling with the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon Top diplomats from the United States, the Arab League, and Turkey met in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba on Saturday to discuss …

Middle East latest: Top diplomats from US, Arab League and Turkey discuss Syria's transition
1 week, 2 days ago

Middle East latest: Top diplomats from US, Arab League and Turkey discuss Syria's transition

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Top diplomats from the United States, the Arab League and Turkey …

Blinken says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is 'holding' in Lebanon despite attacks
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Blinken says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is 'holding' in Lebanon despite attacks

Firstpost  

Both Israel and Hezbollah have been accusing each other of breaching the US-brokered ceasefire that came into effect last week Smoke rises over southern Lebanon, as seen from a farm in Metula, Israel, December 1, 2024. File Image/Reuters US State Secretary Antony Blinken on Wednesday said that the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is “holding” despite attacks from both warring sides. “The ceasefire …

Amid ceasefire, Israel launches airstrikes in Lebanon killing 11 after Hezbollah attack
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3 weeks ago

Amid ceasefire, Israel launches airstrikes in Lebanon killing 11 after Hezbollah attack

Hindustan Times  

Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations. In the United States, President-elect Donald Trump demanded the immediate release of Israeli hostages …

Israel hits Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Israel hits Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

China Daily  

Naji Zein, a 72-year-old Lebanese who fled his home during the conflict, reads a verse from the Quran as he visits his home in Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik on Saturday. AFP JERUSALEM — The Israeli military carried out airstrikes in Lebanon on Saturday against Hezbollah activities that it said "posed a threat", days into a fragile cease-fire between …

Middle East: 3 die in overcrowding outside Gaza bakery amid food shortage. Israel strikes in Lebanon
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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Middle East: 3 die in overcrowding outside Gaza bakery amid food shortage. Israel strikes in Lebanon

LA Times  

Displaced residents walk on the rubble of their destroyed house in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon. In discussing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and now-former-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the court said it found grounds to believe the men “bear criminal responsibility for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare.” The war between Israel and Hamas began on …

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire: Lookback at the pager explosions that led to all-out war
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire: Lookback at the pager explosions that led to all-out war

Hindustan Times  

Israel and Lebanon's Shia Islamist militant outfit Hezbollah have reached a ceasefire after months of deadly conflict which stemmed from ever-present tensions over the Gaza war but went through the roof after the wave of explosions on September 17 and 18 this year in handheld pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to the Lebanese group's members, killing 37 people and injuring thousands. …

Celebrations and taking stock as cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel takes hold
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Celebrations and taking stock as cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel takes hold

LA Times  

War is often less seen than heard, and as a cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel came into effect on Wednesday morning, Ibrahim Najdi marveled at the absence of one particular sound: the buzz of Israeli drones that had been a near-constant presence in Beirut over the last few months. The Lebanese army said in a statement on Wednesday that it …

Displaced returning to southern Lebanon amid hopes ceasefire will hold
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Displaced returning to southern Lebanon amid hopes ceasefire will hold

Al Jazeera  

People quick to start making their way back to homes amid signs that Israel-Hezbollah truce deal is holding. Displaced Lebanese people have started returning to the south of the country amid hopes that the embryonic ceasefire deal between Hezbollah and Israel will hold. Civilians began moving south towards their homes shortly after the truce, announced overnight by United States President …

The Israel-Hezbollah war by the numbers
3 weeks, 6 days ago

The Israel-Hezbollah war by the numbers

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — A ceasefire has taken effect between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah after nearly 14 months of cross-border fire. It would require Hezbollah to end its armed presence in a broad swath of southern Lebanon, while Israeli troops would return to their side of the border. The conflict began Oct. 8, 2023, a day after Hamas attacked southern Israel, as …

Blinken says Lebanon ceasefire talks 'in final stages'
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Blinken says Lebanon ceasefire talks 'in final stages'

Raw Story  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said that efforts to secure a ceasefire in Lebanon were "in the final stages", and that a deal could help end the Gaza conflict. "We're not there yet, but I believe we are in the final stages," Blinken told reporters after a meeting near Rome with G7 counterparts, adding that "by de-escalating …

Israel and Hezbollah edge closer to ceasefire deal in Lebanon
4 weeks ago

Israel and Hezbollah edge closer to ceasefire deal in Lebanon

The Independent  

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Hezbollah fires 250 rockets & projectiles from Lebanon into northern, central Israel
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Hezbollah fires 250 rockets & projectiles from Lebanon into northern, central Israel

Firstpost  

Hezbollah fires rockets after strikes on Beirut Hezbollah began firing rockets, missiles and drones into Israel after Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack out of the Gaza Strip ignited the war there. Image- AP Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group’s heaviest barrages in months, in response …

Hezbollah fires about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in heaviest barrage in weeks
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Hezbollah fires about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in heaviest barrage in weeks

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group’s heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut while negotiators pressed on with cease-fire efforts to halt the all-out war. Israeli strikes have killed over 40 Lebanese troops since the start of the …

Israel kills at least 30 more people in attacks on Gaza and Lebanon
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Israel kills at least 30 more people in attacks on Gaza and Lebanon

The Independent  

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Israeli Strikes in Beirut Kill 20 Amid Cease-Fire Talks
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Israeli Strikes in Beirut Kill 20 Amid Cease-Fire Talks

Deccan Chronicle  

Beirut: Israeli airstrikes on Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, officials said, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon's capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire. Lebanon's Health Ministry said 66 people were wounded in the strikes, which were the fourth in central Beirut in less than a week. Despite a …

20 dead, many injured in Israeli strikes in central Beirut amid ceasefire talks
1 month ago

20 dead, many injured in Israeli strikes in central Beirut amid ceasefire talks

India Today  

Israeli airstrikes on Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, officials said, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon’s capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a ceasefire. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 66 people were wounded in the strikes, which were the fourth in central Beirut in less than a week. Despite a warning …

Israeli strike kills Lebanese soldier as Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel
1 month ago

Israeli strike kills Lebanese soldier as Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel

NPR  

Israeli strike kills Lebanese soldier as Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel toggle caption Oded Balilty/AP/AP BEIRUT — An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese military said. Israeli strikes have killed over 40 Lebanese troops since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, even as Lebanon's military …

Hezbollah fires about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in heaviest barrage in weeks
1 month ago

Hezbollah fires about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in heaviest barrage in weeks

LA Times  

An Israeli police bomb squad inspects the site after a missile fired from Lebanon hit the area in Petah Tikva, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, on Sunday. Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group’s heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in …

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill a hospital director in Lebanon and wound 9 medics in Gaza
1 month ago

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill a hospital director in Lebanon and wound 9 medics in Gaza

Associated Press  

Israeli airstrikes killed a hospital director at his home in northeastern Lebanon and six others, while at least five paramedics were killed by Israeli strikes in the country’s south on Friday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Allam was one of the best citizens of Baalbek.” In two separate episodes on Friday, Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed five paramedics with Hezbollah’s …

Amid progress in ceasefire talks, Israel complicates efforts with demand to attack Hezbollah
1 month ago

Amid progress in ceasefire talks, Israel complicates efforts with demand to attack Hezbollah

Firstpost  

Israel has complicated ceasefire talks by demanding the right to strike Hezbollah inside Lebanon even after the ceasefire Israeli officials demanded Wednesday the freedom to strike Lebanon’s Hezbollah as part of any cease-fire deal, raising a potential complication as a top US envoy was in the region attempting to clinch an agreement. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz and Foreign Minister …

Israel pounds eastern and southern Lebanon as truce talks continue
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1 month ago

Israel pounds eastern and southern Lebanon as truce talks continue

Al Jazeera  

US mediator Amos Hochstein said a ceasefire was ‘within our grasp’ during a visit to Lebanon. Israeli air raids have killed dozens of people in the Baalbek region in eastern Lebanon, a local official said, as a United States mediator sought to advance ceasefire talks in Israel. Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr said the Israeli attacks in …

Middle East latest: US envoy holds talks in Lebanon on Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire proposal
1 month ago

Middle East latest: US envoy holds talks in Lebanon on Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire proposal

Associated Press  

U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein held what he called “very constructive talks” with Lebanese officials in Beirut on Tuesday about a possible cease-fire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. Food and medical supplies were also supposed to be delivered to Kamal Adwan but Dujarric said, “our partners say the team was forced to offload the food at an Israeli military checkpoint before reaching …

Mixed feelings in Lebanon as anticipation of a ceasefire builds
1 month ago

Mixed feelings in Lebanon as anticipation of a ceasefire builds

Al Jazeera  

Anticipation of further Israeli strikes and hopes for a ceasefire compete for hearts and minds in Lebanon. Beirut, Lebanon – The United States’s special envoy for the Middle East, Amos Hochstein, has landed in the Lebanese capital to hold talks around a potential ceasefire deal between Hezbollah and Israel. Lebanon’s response to the US proposal was positive, Mikati said, adding …

Middle East latest: Israel strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital
1 month ago

Middle East latest: Israel strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital

Associated Press  

Israeli airstrikes targeted a neighborhood in the heart of Lebanon’s capital late Monday evening, slamming into an area near the Parliament, several embassies and the U.N. headquarters, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. He said Israel will continue allowing trucks into Gaza but the U.N. and international organizations must step up aid distribution, and “the focus must also shift …

Gaza, Lebanon hit in deadly assaults
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1 month ago

Gaza, Lebanon hit in deadly assaults

China Daily  

Firefighters douse the flames at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the center of the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on Saturday amid the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. ABBAS FAKIH / AFP GAZA/BEIRUT — Strikes by the Israeli military killed dozens in Gaza on Sunday, the civil defense said, while also hitting a Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut's …

Gaza, Lebanon hit in deadly assaults
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1 month ago

Gaza, Lebanon hit in deadly assaults

China Daily  

Updated: 2024-11-18 10:09 Firefighters douse the flames at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the center of the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on Saturday amid the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. ABBAS FAKIH / AFP GAZA/BEIRUT — Strikes by the Israeli military killed dozens in Gaza on Sunday, the civil defense said, while also hitting a Hezbollah …

Gaza, Lebanon hit in deadly assaults
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1 month ago

Gaza, Lebanon hit in deadly assaults

China Daily  

Updated: 2024-11-18 10:09 Firefighters douse the flames at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the center of the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on Saturday amid the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. ABBAS FAKIH / AFP GAZA/BEIRUT — Strikes by the Israeli military killed dozens in Gaza on Sunday, the civil defense said, while also hitting a Hezbollah …

Gaza, Lebanon hit in deadly assaults
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1 month ago

Gaza, Lebanon hit in deadly assaults

China Daily  

GAZA/BEIRUT — Strikes by the Israeli military killed dozens in Gaza on Sunday, the civil defense said, while also hitting a Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut's international airport. Israel has been fighting on two fronts since September, intensifying attacks on Lebanon's Hezbollah after the cross-border clashes with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. On Israel's second front in the north, AFPTV footage …

Gaza, Lebanon hit in deadly assaults
1 month ago

Gaza, Lebanon hit in deadly assaults

China Daily  

Firefighters douse the flames at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the center of the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on Saturday amid the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. ABBAS FAKIH / AFP GAZA/BEIRUT — Strikes by the Israeli military killed dozens in Gaza on Sunday, the civil defense said, while also hitting a Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut's …

Israeli strikes kill 11 as Lebanon cease-fire efforts appear to gain steam
1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli strikes kill 11 as Lebanon cease-fire efforts appear to gain steam

Deccan Chronicle  

Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people across Lebanon on Friday — including a mother, father and their three kids in a home — as rescue workers called off their search for survivors a day after an Israeli strike on a civil defense center killed 14 emergency workers and volunteers.The airstrikes come as Lebanon's prime minister apparently urged Iran to …

Iran backs Lebanon in ceasefire talks as Israel intensifies strikes
1 month, 1 week ago

Iran backs Lebanon in ceasefire talks as Israel intensifies strikes

The Independent  

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Hezbollah attacks Israel’s defence headquarters with explosive drones, no deaths reported
1 month, 1 week ago

Hezbollah attacks Israel’s defence headquarters with explosive drones, no deaths reported

Firstpost  

The Israeli military said in two statements that it intercepted two drones and 40 projectiles launched from Lebanon, where Hezbollah is based, and said that the attack had caused no injuries Lebanon's Hezbollah militants parade with a missile. File image/AFP Hezbollah on Wednesday said it launched a drone attack targeting Israel’s military headquarters and ministry of defence in the capital …

Israel pounds southern Beirut as Lebanon awaits ceasefire proposals
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel pounds southern Beirut as Lebanon awaits ceasefire proposals

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli army announced that six of its soldiers were killed during fighting with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Israeli air strikes have targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs for the second consecutive day as Lebanese negotiators awaited a potential new ceasefire proposal from Washington. Israel’s military escalated its attacks on Lebanon in September following nearly a year of trading cross-border fire with …

Israel pounds Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut after defence minister rules out ceasefire in Lebanon
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel pounds Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut after defence minister rules out ceasefire in Lebanon

Firstpost  

The Israeli military conducted multiple airstrikes on Hezbollah-controlled areas in southern Beirut, following a declaration by Israel’s defense minister that there would be no ceasefire until the country’s objectives were met The Israeli military carried out at least five airstrikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday, after Israel’s defence minister ruled out any ceasefire in Lebanon until …

Middle East latest: Israeli minister reports some progress toward cease-fire but Hezbollah unaware
1 month, 1 week ago

Middle East latest: Israeli minister reports some progress toward cease-fire but Hezbollah unaware

Associated Press  

Israel’s new foreign minister said Monday that there has been “certain progress” in efforts to end the fighting with Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Earlier Monday, Israel’s new foreign minister told reporters there has been “certain progress” in cease-fire efforts with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel says 190 rockets were fired from Lebanon, with reports that nearly half targeted the area around Haifa TEL …

Israel-Hezbollah war: Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon’s Beirut Suburbs leave 40 dead, including children
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel-Hezbollah war: Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon’s Beirut Suburbs leave 40 dead, including children

Live Mint  

Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital city of Beirut in the past 24 hours resulted in the deaths of at least 40 people, including several children, Lebanese authorities said as reported by Reuters. Earlier on Saturday, an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre left at least seven people dead, among them five siblings, …

Qatar suspends mediation talks between Israel and Gaza
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Qatar suspends mediation talks between Israel and Gaza

ABC  

Qatar has suspended its role as a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, saying both sides were unwilling to negotiate "in good faith", as air strikes continued on Saturday in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Israeli bombardment kills 44 in Gaza Palestinian health authorities say 44 people were killed by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Friday and Saturday. …

Israel strikes Hezbollah bastion in south Beirut, also hits Lebanon’s sole international airport
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel strikes Hezbollah bastion in south Beirut, also hits Lebanon’s sole international airport

Firstpost  

Hezbollah and Israel have been at war since late September, when Israel broadened its focus from fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip to securing its northern border. AFP footage showed strikes hitting south Beirut November 7, 2024 about an hour after the Israeli army called for residents of the Hezbollah bastion to leave, including from a location near Lebanon's international …

Middle East latest: Large airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs as Israel expands northern Gaza operations
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Middle East latest: Large airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs as Israel expands northern Gaza operations

Associated Press  

Several large airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early Thursday, including one on a site adjacent to Lebanon’s only international airport. Also Thursday, the Israeli military announced it expanded its month-old ground operation in northern Gaza to include part of Beit Lahiya, a town that has been heavily bombed since the earliest days of the war and where Israel says Hamas …

Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 70 in last 48 hours
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 70 in last 48 hours

The Independent  

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Israel killed over 3,100 people in Lebanon since October 2023: Ministry
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel killed over 3,100 people in Lebanon since October 2023: Ministry

Al Jazeera  

Since genocide in Gaza began, Israel has also been at war with Hezbollah, an ally of the Palestinian group, Hamas. Israeli attacks across Lebanon have killed at least 3,103 people and injured 13,856 others since October last year, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health. The Israeli strikes on Lebanon came after Hezbollah said it carried out a missile attack targeting …

Egypt, US Discuss Ceasefire Efforts in Gaza and Lebanon
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Egypt, US Discuss Ceasefire Efforts in Gaza and Lebanon

China Daily  

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed efforts toward ceasefires in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. They condemned Israel's blocking of humanitarian aid and measures against the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and called for concerted international efforts to achieve an immediate ceasefire, establish a truce, fully …

Israel, Hamas Signal Openness to Talks on Gaza War as Tel Aviv Directs Its Wrath towards Hezbollah
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israel, Hamas Signal Openness to Talks on Gaza War as Tel Aviv Directs Its Wrath towards Hezbollah

Firstpost  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes Egypt's readiness to reach a deal for the release of the hostages held by militants in Gaza. The talks in Cairo are part of Egypt's ongoing efforts to resume ceasefire negotiations. Both sides must commit to a ceasefire, withdraw from the Gaza Strip, allow the return of displaced people, agree to a serious prisoner …

$1 billion raised for Lebanon at Paris conference – but ceasefire remains elusive
1 month, 4 weeks ago

$1 billion raised for Lebanon at Paris conference – but ceasefire remains elusive

The Independent  

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Blinken's Qatar Talks: Exploring New Frameworks for Gaza Ceasefire
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Blinken's Qatar Talks: Exploring New Frameworks for Gaza Ceasefire

Firstpost  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Qatar for talks on Thursday with the key mediator on the war in Gaza, as he seeks momentum for a ceasefire after Israel's killing the leader of Hamas. Blinken spoke to Israel's leaders about the importance of determining whether Hamas is prepared to engage in moving forward, and the Egyptians, the Qataris …

France Announces $108m Aid to Lebanon, as PM Mikati Seeks to Expand Army
2 months ago

France Announces $108m Aid to Lebanon, as PM Mikati Seeks to Expand Army

Al Jazeera  

France pledges $108m aid to Lebanon to support the country's military and humanitarian efforts. The aid will be provided in the form of financial assistance and the strengthening of Lebanon's armed forces. The French government aims to use this aid to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon and to promote peace in the region.

Blinken's Bid to Ease Israeli Conflicts: A Diplomatic Journey to the Middle East
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2 months ago

Blinken's Bid to Ease Israeli Conflicts: A Diplomatic Journey to the Middle East

Live Mint  

US and Saudi Arabia officials held talks to ease tensions in the Middle East, with a focus on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Israeli-Iranian conflict. President Joe Biden's top diplomat Antony Blinken met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon. The talks aimed to garner regional support for …

Blinken Warns of 'Time to End' Gaza Conflict, Urges Israel to Avoid Escalation
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2 months ago

Blinken Warns of 'Time to End' Gaza Conflict, Urges Israel to Avoid Escalation

Firstpost  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges Israel to seize on the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza to work towards a ceasefire. Blinken also presses for more aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza, as concerns rise for tens of thousands of civilians trapped by fighting in the hard-to-reach north.

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