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1 week ago | 
arabnews.pk | Ephrem Kossaify
NEW YORK CITY: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Thursday condemned the mounting civilian toll in the escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran, and warned that the conflict risks plunging the wider region into war. In a strongly worded statement he said the “wide-scale, continuing attacks” by Israel on Iranian territory and the retaliatory missile and drone strikes by Iran were having “severe human rights and humanitarian impacts” on civilians.
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1 week ago | 
arabnews.pk | Ephrem Kossaify
France preparing to help its citizens in Israel, Iran leave, Barrot says /node/2605059/middle-east Updated 41 sec ago June 19, 2025 18:19 Follow France preparing to help its citizens in Israel, Iran leave, Barrot says Updated 41 sec ago June 19, 2025 18:19 Barrot told reporters that a convoy will be arranged by the end of the week French citizens in Israel will be able to board buses starting Friday morning PARIS: France is preparing to help its citizens in Israel and Iran to leave those...
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2 weeks ago | 
arabnews.pk | Ephrem Kossaify
RABAT, Morocco: Egypt blocked activists planning to take part in a march to Gaza, halting their attempt to reach the border and challenge Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory before it could begin. Egyptian authorities and activists both said Thursday that people planning to march across the Sinai Peninsula were deported.
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2 weeks ago | 
arabnews.pk | Ephrem Kossaify
NEW YORK CITY: Top UN officials on Wednesday warned the Security Council that there is a risk the fragile situation in Yemen could rapidly deteriorate, as they called for both intensified diplomatic efforts and increased humanitarian funding to stave off further instability and ease human suffering.
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2 weeks ago | 
arabnews.com | Ephrem Kossaify
NEW YORK CITY: Top UN officials on Wednesday warned the Security Council that there is a risk the fragile situation in Yemen could rapidly deteriorate, as they called for both intensified diplomatic efforts and increased humanitarian funding to stave off further instability and ease human suffering.
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3 weeks ago | 
arabnews.jp | Ephrem Kossaify
Antonio Guterres’ comments come ahead of a global summit this month, co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France, on the implementation of a 2-state solution The alternative, a single-state solution in which Palestinians are expelled or forced to live on their land without rights ‘would be totally unacceptable,’ he says Guterres also pays tribute to 168 UN workers killed in action in 2024, including 126 UNRWA employees, describing it as the deadliest year for UN personnel NEW YORK CITY: UN...
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3 weeks ago | 
arabnews.pk | Ephrem Kossaify
LONDON: European leaders may recently have taken a tougher stance against Israel over the devastating Gaza war, but that is not reflected in their desire for Israeli weapons.
Israel’s arms exports increased by 13 percent in 2024 to a record $14.8 billion, an increase largely attributed to growing demand in Europe, according to Israel’s defense ministry figures released Wednesday.
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3 weeks ago | 
arabnews.com | Ephrem Kossaify
NEW YORK CITY: The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned the continued detention by the Houthis in Yemen of UN staff, aid workers and representatives of civil society, and called for their immediate and unconditional release.
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3 weeks ago | 
arabnews.com | Ephrem Kossaify
After decades in Assad jails, political prisoner wants justice /node/2603511/middle-east June 05, 2025 19:00 After decades in Assad jails, political prisoner wants justice He has made it out alive after 43 years in jail, but tens of thousands of Syrian families are still searching for their loved ones who disappeared long ago in Syria’s hellish prison system Showing old pictures of him in his pilot uniform, Tatari said he was not seeking revenge, but stressed that “everyone must be held...
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3 weeks ago | 
arabnews.pk | Ephrem Kossaify
NEW YORK CITY: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday told Arab News that the international community has a duty to do everything in its power to pursue a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine, and to bring about the conditions that can make it happen. “It is absolutely essential to keep alive the two-state solution perspective, with all the terrible things we are witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank,” he said.
