Lebanon
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Peace and Security
Israeli forces fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon early Thursday morning, according to UNIFIL, the mission operating along…
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Middle East
‘Families ran for their lives’: Syria receives 250,000 refugees fleeing Lebanon
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded an urgent visit to Syria, highlighting the plight of 250,000…
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Middle East
Explainer: How UN peacekeepers meet the challenge of escalating conflict in Lebanon
The UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL has been operating along the “Blue Line” which separates Lebanon and Israel since the 1970s,…
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Migrants and Refugees
Lebanon: UNHCR chief issues urgent aid appeal to stem humanitarian catastrophe
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees called on Sunday for greater international support to stem the “humanitarian catastrophe” now engulfing…
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Peace and Security
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges
Security Council members met in emergency session on Tuesday morning in New York with the Middle East on the brink…
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Middle East
All-out war ‘must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs’: Guterres
The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants, as Israel launched what…
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Middle East
Lebanon crisis: Guterres urges parties to ‘step back from the brink’
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed grave concern on Saturday over the dramatic escalation of events in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, in…
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Peace and Security
Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask
As Lebanon mourns the victims of a wave of Israeli airstrikes believed to have left hundreds dead, UN humanitarians warned…
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Middle East
Lebanon: UN warns of escalating horror in Middle East as ‘communications tools become weapons’
The risk to security and stability, not only in Lebanon but also in the wider Middle East region, “could not…
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Middle East
Security Council holds emergency session over Lebanon; region ‘on the brink of catastrophe’
The Security Council met in emergency session on Friday following Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital Beirut and in the…
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