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Trump Signs Order Withdrawing US from UN Human Rights Council

This is Beirut, 04/02 23:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing his country from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organization. The executive order said it withdrew Washington from UNHRC and the main UN relief agency for ...

Displaced Syrians Reluctant to Go Home Despite Assad’s Ouster

Samar El-Kadi, 23/01 12:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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In his inaugural speech, President Joseph Aoun vowed to seek a quick solution for the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon by ensuring their return home following the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Describing the Syrian refugees’ protracted presence as having existential implications for Lebanon, Aoun pledged in his address before ...

UNHCR: 58 000 People Have Returned to Syria since the Fall of the Assad Regime

This is Beirut, 2024-12-27 23:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced in a report Friday that some 58 000 people have returned to Syria since December 8, following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.   “Refugees have returned from Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan, with the main destinations being the governorates of Raqqa, Aleppo, Homs, and Daraa, ...

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