The Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Lebanese Response
The Lebanese response can be described as complex, strategic at times, unresponsive at other times, with total reliance on international agencies and donors.
Lebanon
UNHCR, National Policies and the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon and Jordan
The dominant framing of refugees as passive and vulnerable and in need of state protection and/or reunification must change.
Lebanon postpones local elections to avoid further political paralysis
Lebanon’s parliament has voted to extend the terms of municipal councils and other local officials, delaying elections by a year to avoid more political paralysis in a country grappling with economic meltdown.
UK imposes sanctions on art collector accused of financing Hezbollah
Nazem Ahmad, who has owned works by Picasso and Warhol, suspected of laundering money for militant groupA high-profile art collector has been put on a Treasury sanctions list over claims he uses his collection, which has included masterpieces by Pablo …
Tensions run high across Israel after car ramming attack leaves tourist dead
Further violence feared after Arab-Israeli man drives his vehicle into busy city promenade following a West Bank shootingOn 8 April 2022, a Palestinian gunman entered a crowded bar in Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial capital, and opened fire, killing thre…
Israeli government calls up reservists after car attack in Tel Aviv
Police to deploy extra battalions in city centres as Benjamin Netanyahu also directs army to mobilise additional forcesIsrael began calling up police and army reservists on Saturday after separate attacks killed three people, including an Italian touri…
Israel Launches Retaliatory Attack on Lebanon and Gaza
Rare fighting broke out along the Israel-Lebanon border as Passover and Ramadan coincided.
Iran condemns Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and Gaza
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned the Israel’s attacks against civilian targets in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
Two Israelis killed in West Bank shooting amid rising tensions
Israel conducted rare airstrikes in Lebanon and continued bombarding the Gaza Strip on Friday following violence over Jerusalem’s most sensitive site.
Israel pounds Gaza and Lebanon amid rising tensions over al-Aqsa
The Israeli army launched airstrikes on southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Thursday night and Friday morning. The escalation came as the Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and an exchange of fire between Palestini…