$940 billion pledged for Lebanon
2006-09-01 09:17:09
International donors pledged more than $940 million for immediate relief efforts for war-torn Lebanon, nearly double the target, organisers of an aid conference in the Swedish capital said on Thursday.
Germany expects to send over 1,200 troops to Mideast
2006-08-31 16:39:55
Germany's defence minister said in an interview on Thursday that he expected the country to contribute more than 1,200 troops to a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
Israel rejects Annan demand on blockade
2006-08-31 08:43:33
Israel rejected demands from visiting U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that it immediately lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon.
Annan hopes to double U.N. troops in Lebanon
2006-08-30 10:08:03
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday said he hoped to double relatively quickly the number of U.N. troops on the ground in southern Lebanon and would also urge Israel to lift its air and sea blockade.
U.N. chief visits peacekeepers in south Lebanon
2006-08-29 17:20:47
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Tuesday, a day after Italy and Turkey moved to join the international force there.
Lebanon wants Indonesia to join U.N. force
2006-08-29 15:54:52
Lebanon wants Indonesian troops to take part in a U.N. peacekeeping force in the country's volatile south, a top Indonesian official said on Tuesday.
Annan to visit Beirut to shore up Lebanon truce
2006-08-28 09:39:49
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan will discuss the deployment and role of a planned 15,000-strong peacekeeping force for southern Lebanon when he visits Beirut on Monday for the first time since the Israel-Hizbollah war.
France to send 2,000 troops to Mideast
2006-08-25 08:46:55
President Jacques Chirac announced Thursday that France will send 2,000 soldiers to southern Lebanon and hopes to retain command of the U.N. peacekeeping force.
Syria opposes U.N. forces on its border
2006-08-24 08:21:30
Syria on Wednesday opposed deployment of an international force along its border to prevent arms shipments to Hezbollah, and Israel called the situation in Lebanon "explosive."
Olmert given war probe options list
2006-08-23 14:19:02
Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has given Prime Minister Ehud Olmert a list of options for investigating the conduct of the recent war in Lebanon, the Justice Ministry said Wednesday, as the Israeli leader faced mounting calls for a sweeping probe.
Israel: No plans to end Lebanon blockade
2006-08-23 08:56:03
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that Israel has no plans to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon takes up positions along the Syrian border and at Beirut's airport.
Italy offers to lead UN force in Lebanon
2006-08-22 08:24:32
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Monday his country was ready to lead a U.N. force in southern Lebanon, where the fragility of a week-old truce was underlined when Israeli forces fired at Hizbollah guerrillas.