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Qatar, Egypt Say Will Intensify Efforts to Resume Gaza Truce Talks

This is Beirut, 01/06 22:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Qatar and Egypt announced on Sunday plans to step up efforts for Gaza truce negotiations, as the Palestinian militant group Hamas said it was prepared to "immediately" hold a fresh round of talks. "Qatar and Egypt, in coordination with the United States of America, affirm their intention to intensify efforts to overcome the obstacles facing the ...

Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Fire Kills 31 Near Aid Site

This is Beirut, 01/06 20:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli gunfire killed at least 31 Palestinians near a US-backed aid distribution site on Sunday, with both the group in charge of the site and the military denying any such incident took place. Israel has faced growing condemnation over the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where the United ...

Saudi FM Says Blocking of West Bank Delegation Shows Israeli Rejection of Peace Process

This is Beirut, 01/06 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's blocking of a visit by Arab diplomats to the occupied West Bank showed its "rejection of... a diplomatic path to peace," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Sunday. Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, along with the Arab League chief, had planned a trip to the Palestinian territory, but Israel said ...

Activist Boat Set to Sail from Sicily with Aid for Gaza

This is Beirut, 01/06 18:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A boat organized by an international activist coalition opposed to Israel's blockade of Gaza was departing from Sicily on Sunday to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory, an Italian politician told AFP. The boat from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition was due to set sail from the port of Catania, carrying around a dozen people, ...

Israel Army Says Intercepts Yemen Missile after Air Raid Sirens Sound

This is Beirut, 01/06 18:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli army said it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen on Sunday after air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem and other cities. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted," the army said in a statement. Yemen's Houthi rebels have repeatedly launched ...

Israeli Drone Strikes in Southern Lebanon Leave Two Killed, Multiple Injured

This is Beirut, 01/06 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli army carried out a series of targeted strikes across South Lebanon on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring several others. According to preliminary reports, an Israeli drone targeted a Rapid vehicle on the Debel-Aita al-Shaab road. The Ministry of Public Health then announced that one of the vehicle's occupants ...

From Jerusalem to Beirut, a Unique Journal: Proche-Orient Chrétien

Fady Noun, 01/06 11:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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“The Middle East is a powder keg that has exploded! At this moment, the damage cannot be measured, and the future seems more uncertain than ever. The excess of violence and the prevailing chaos leave us perplexed and challenge both political and religious authorities. International interference suggests a plan to reconfigure the region — but ...

Berri Says Lebanon Requests UNIFIL Mandate Renewal

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 ...

Hamas Agrees to US Truce Plan, Will Release 10 Living Hostages

This is Beirut, 31/05 19:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Hamas announced on Saturday that it had submitted its reply to a US-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal, but Washington's main negotiator almost immediately criticised the response as "totally unacceptable". Hamas did not say it had accepted the proposal from US envoy Steve Witkoff, but a Hamas source told AFP the group's response ...

Arab Ministers Condemn Israel 'Ban' on Planned West Bank Visit

This is Beirut, 31/05 17:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The foreign ministers of five Arab countries, who had planned to visit the occupied West Bank this weekend, condemned on Saturday Israel's decision to block their trip. The ministers condemned "Israel's decision to ban the delegation's visit to Ramallah (on Sunday) to meet with the president of the State of Palestine, ...

Iran Considers Nuclear Weapons 'Unacceptable', FM Says

This is Beirut, 31/05 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Saturday that Iran considers nuclear weapons "unacceptable," reaffirming the country's longstanding position amid delicate negotiations with the United States. Western governments have long suspected Iran of seeking to develop a nuclear weapons capability to counter the widely suspected but ...

Israel Won't Cooperate with Arab Ministers Visiting West Bank

This is Beirut, 31/05 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel will not cooperate with a planned visit by Arab foreign ministers to the occupied West Bank, an Israeli official announced, after a Saudi source said the kingdom's top diplomat was heading to Ramallah. Israel controls the Palestinian territory's borders and airspace, meaning its approval would be needed for the diplomats to ...

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