Tag: Lebanon
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Maltese officers leave Lebanon as UNIFIL mission comes to an end: EU wants to extend it
Armed Forces of Malta officers participating in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have travelled to Ireland ahead of their return to Malta as the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon comes to an end in December this year. The Maltese officers had been serving as part of the Irish-led…
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Israel murders another journalist in Lebanon in deliberate strike
The killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil this week is yet another brutal reminder of the risks faced by reporters who dare to document war from the frontlines. Khalil, a reporter for the pro-Hezbollah newspaper Al-Akhbar, was killed on 22 April 2026 after an Israeli airstrike struck the building where she had taken shelter in…
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EU Foreign Council Meeting concludes with a positive note on loan to Ukraine: Lebanese Prime Minister urges support for war-torn country
The EU Foreign Council meeting in Luxembourg ended on a positive note, as the loan to Ukraine was approved by the ambassadors and is now set to go for final approval in the coming days at a Council meeting. The €90 billion package, which had been delayed for months by Hungary’s veto, is expected to…
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French soldier killed in Lebanon by suspected Hezbollah attack: President Trump says that Israel is not allowed to bomb Lebanon
Earlier today, a French soldier serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was killed, and three others were wounded in a deliberate small-arms fire attack in the village of Ghandouriyeh, in the south of Lebanon. The UNIFIL team was clearing a road from mines to reopen access to an isolated UNIFIL post,…
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Lebanon-Israel talks in Washington fail to procure results
Yesterday in Washington, direct talks were held between Israeli and Lebanese diplomats regarding a ceasefire in Lebanon, marking the first such meeting since 1993 which also took place in Washington. Israel was pressured into talks with Lebanon after the US struck a ceasefire agreement with the Iranian regime. Talks between the US and Iran have…
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Israel pressured into a ceasefire in Lebanon: talks to be held in Washington next week
Israel seems to have been pressed by the US government to declare a ceasefire in Lebanon after declaring a ceasefire in Iran pending negotiations. Prime Minister Benjain Netanyahu yesterday said that he had instructed his cabinet to begin ceasefire negotiations with the Lebanese government. Talks between Lebanese and Israeli diplomats are scheduled to be held…
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Armed Forces of Malta announce that its troops in Lebanon are safe and unhramed
The Armed Forces of Malta has released a statement announcing that its members in Lebanon as port of the UNIFIL contingent are safe and unharmed. The statement has been issued after Israel has targeted UNIFIL troops in Lebanon. At least one UNIFIL officer from Indonesia has been killed by Israel during the course of Israel’s…
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UN Peace-keeper killed with shelling in Lebanon: Pakistan to mediate talks between Israel and the US
An Indonesian UN Peacekeeper with the UNIFIL contingent in Lebanon was killed by shelling in the town of Adshit al-Qusayr. This is the first UNIFIL casualty in the ongoing war in Lebanon as Israel targets civilians, journalists and other non-belligerent targets. As of now, the source of the shelling has not been confirmed and an…
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Hezbollah propagandist assassinated by Israel along with two other journalists
Yesterday morning, Israel targeted and struck a car in Jezzine Lebanon, killing a Hezbollah propagandist and potential war criminal, along with two journalists who were accompanying him. Ali Shoeib, who worked for the official Hezbollah media TV station, Al-Manar, was assassinated along with journalists, Fatima Ftouni of Al-Mayadeen (also a pro-Hezbollah outlet) and and her…
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Armed Forces of Malta release state that its members in Lebanon are unharmed following Israeli attacks
The Armed Forces of Malta issued a statement stating that its members in Lebanon in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon are safe and unharmed following several Israeli attacks that targeted UNIFIL peacekeepers. An Israeli tank fired on a UNIFIL base injuring at least one peacekeeper on 6 March in al-Qawzah (Bint Jbeil district,…
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Knights of Malta staff member Chadi Ammar killed by Israeli airstrike as Israel pummels Lebanon
A staff member of the Sovereign Order of Malta, who was just in his early twenties, was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Aïn Ebel, southerner Lebanon, on Friday. The strike hit the town in the morning hours, targeting an area where civilians were present. Ammar, a young staff member was working with humanitarian programmes…
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Iran extends strikes but volume of missile barrage decreases: Israel strikes Beirut
Iran’s expanding regional strikes have reached the Caucasus, with drones hitting an airport in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave and injuring civilians. Iranian missiles and drones were also launched toward targets in the Gulf, including Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, where most were intercepted. A missile heading toward Turkish airspace was intercepted. The volume of missiles…
