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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Caspar Webb |Jonathan Gornall
NEW YORK CITY: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned repeated Israeli airstrikes on Syria as well as growing sectarian violence around Damascus and Suwayda. The condemnation came after more than 100 people were killed in clashes in the Syrian Arab Republic over the past week. The violence has taken place in two predominantly Druze suburbs of the capital, Jaramana and Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, as well as in the southern Druze stronghold of Suwayda.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
arabnews.jp | Caspar Webb
NEW YORK CITY: With the Lebanese prime minister warning that up to 1 million people might be displaced amid war in his country, a top UNHCR official has sounded the alarm on the “numbing” of the world to human suffering, and the difficulty of responding to crises in Lebanon, Sudan and elsewhere.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
arab.news | Caspar Webb |Anan Tello
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Saturday that it killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Hezbollah militant group, in a strike in Beirut on Friday. The military said that it carried out a precise airstrike while Hezbollah leadership met at their headquarters in Dahiyeh, south of Beirut. Ali Karki, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front, and additional Hezbollah commanders, were also killed in the attack, the Israeli military said.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
arab.news | Zaira Lakhpatwala |Caspar Webb
EU recommends airlines avoid Lebanese, Israeli airspace/node/2573102/middle-eastSeptember 28, 2024 10:42 EU recommends airlines avoid Lebanese, Israeli airspacePARIS: Airlines should avoid Lebanese and Israeli airspace for the coming month, the European Union said Saturday, amid an escalation in air strikes and rocket fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
arab.news | Caspar Webb
NEW YORK: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed to carry out “full force” strikes against Hezbollah until it ceases firing rockets across the border, dimming hopes for a ceasefire proposal put forth by US and European officials. Israel carried out a new strike in the Lebanese capital, which it said killed a senior Hezbollah commander, and the militant group launched dozens of rockets into Israel.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
arabnews.jp | Caspar Webb
Ayman Safadi: Agency for Palestinian refugees is victim of Israeli ‘political assassination campaign’ UNRWA chief: Gaza ‘definitely horrifies even the most seasoned humanitarians’ NEW YORK CITY: A high-level meeting on the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugee produced a “global vote of confidence” in the agency despite Israel’s “political assassination campaign” against it, Jordan’s foreign minister said on Thursday.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
arabnews.pk | Caspar Webb
NEW YORK CITY: A high-level meeting on the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugee produced a “global vote of confidence” in the agency despite Israel’s “political assassination campaign” against it, Jordan’s foreign minister said on Thursday. Ayman Safadi was speaking at a joint press conference with UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini following the meeting at the UN headquarters.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
arabnews.jp | Caspar Webb
Need to maintain security ‘more pressing than ever,’ joint statement says Israeli strikes this week have killed more than 500 Lebanese, injured thousands NEW YORK CITY: The UN Security Council has issued a statement warning against the “scourge of war” amid heightened fears of regional conflict in the Middle East. It follows a significant escalation between Israel and Hezbollah this week, with Israeli strikes killing more than 500 Lebanese citizens and injuring thousands.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
arabnews.pk | Caspar Webb
NEW YORK CITY: Saudi Arabia’s aid chief on Wednesday issued an impassioned plea for assistance to Sudan at a high-level event in New York City on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly. Saudi Arabia has allocated more than $3 billion in aid to the conflict-ravaged country, where almost 26 million people are now facing crisis levels of food insecurity. About 11 million Sudanese have fled the country following the outbreak of civil war, seeking refuge in neighboring states and beyond.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
arabnews.com | Caspar Webb
Special 1 / 2Slovenia’s representative to the UN Security Council Samuel Zbogar speaks during a meeting on Ukraine, on the sidelines of UNGA79, New York, US, Sept. 24, 2024. (Reuters) Special 2 / 2French FM Jean-Noel Barrot speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the theme of ‘Leadership for Peace’ at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, Sept. 25, 2024.
