Tag: #Lebanon
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AUSTRALIA ORDERS NON-ESSENTIAL OFFICIALS OUT OF LEBANON AMID SECURITY CONCERNS
Canberra moves to protect staff as Middle East tensions escalate, keeping only essential personnel on the ground. Australia has directed all non-essential officials in Lebanon to leave the country due to a deteriorating security situation, Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced. A small team of essential personnel will remain to provide consular support for Australians in…
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CLASHES ERUPT IN EASTERN LEBANON AFTER ALLEGED ISRAELI HELICOPTER LANDING ATTEMPT
Tensions flared in eastern Lebanon early Monday as violent clashes broke out following an alleged attempt by Israeli forces to carry out an airborne landing operation using helicopters near the Lebanese-Syrian border. According to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency, heavy fighting occurred in the Al-Chaara area near the outskirts of Nabi Chit, as local fighters…
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UN SOUNDS ALARM AS IRAN-ISRAEL CONFLICT SPARKS CIVILIAN DEATHS, MASS DISPLACEMENT
The United Nations is raising urgent concerns over the growing humanitarian toll of the Israeli-U.S. airstrikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory attacks, warning that civilians are paying the highest price. UN human rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani described as “absolutely horrific” a reported strike on a primary school in Minab that allegedly killed and injured dozens…
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SYRIA SENDS TROOPS, ROCKET UNITS TO LEBANON BORDER AS REGIONAL TENSIONS RISE
Syria says it has reinforced its borders with Lebanon and Iraq, deploying thousands of troops and rocket units as conflict spreads across the region. In a statement Wednesday, Syria’s Defence Ministry said the move is aimed at “protecting and controlling the borders” amid escalating tensions, including renewed clashes between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Military…
