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Rival Lebanese leaders head for Qatar on Friday aiming to end a protracted political conflict that pushed the country to the brink of a new civil war.
One of the most influential members of the...
A rift over Lebanon may hit attendance at an Arab summit in Syria this month, but a total boycott looks unlikely given pressure on Arab governments to respond to violence in Gaza.
Diplomats in the...
"The real debate over Iraq is between those who think the fight is lost or not worth the cost, and those that believe the fight can be won and that, as difficult as the fight is, the cost of...
Israeli forces may complete their withdrawal from southern Lebanon
in two weeks under the United Nations cease-fire resolution that
halted a 33-day conflict with Hezbollah, the UN said. “The...
Syria told visiting United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan
that Israel must withdraw from southern Lebanon and end its
blockade of the country as part of the UN's cease-fire resolution.
A United Nations peacekeeping force will be sent to Lebanon in
about a week, Secretary General Kofi Annan said before beginning a
visit today to Beirut. Annan made the comment when he telephoned...
Israel will maintain its sea and air blockade on Lebanon to prevent
weapons reaching the Hezbollah group after staging a raid three
days ago to stop an arms smuggling operation, a United Nations...
The United Nations won pledges from countries, including
Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia, to contribute soldiers to a
peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon that will oversee a
cease-fire...
A circle of young men wearing green surgical masks peered into a
crater filled with concrete pillars and slabs as a backhoe pulled
broken blocks off crushed remains of a blood-caked body in black.
The United Nations is trying to persuade members to join a 15
000-strong peacekeeping force to monitor the cease-fire that halted
fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
Umm Hamid cradles her jaundiced newborn on a bench at the Erez
checkpoint between Gaza and Israel, hoping he won't become a victim
of what she calls a “forgotten'' war.
The United Nations plans to deploy a 3 500-member force in southern
Lebanon within 15 days as Israel began withdrawing its soldiers
after a cease-fire halted more than a month of fighting with the...
Throughout the first cease-fire day in Lebanon, cars crammed with
refugees streamed south on ruined roads from Beirut to devastated
hometowns along the frontier. The travelers ignored Lebanese...
Israel and Hezbollah observed a cease-fire in their monthlong
conflict, as US President George W. Bush said the war in Lebanon
was part of the international fight against terrorism.
Israel is calling back a "limited number" of troops from south
Lebanon after a United Nations-mandated cease-fire went into effect
earlier today, the Israel Defense Forces said.