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Palestinian security force deploys in school compound in Lebanon refugee camp following clashes
SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — A Palestinian security force deployed Friday in a school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp in the country’s south, replacing gunmen who had occupied it since fighting broke out in late July leaving more than 30 people dead. The...
Russia accuses US of promoting ties between Israel and Arabs before Israeli-Palestinian peace deal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of promoting Israel’s normalization of relations with Arab nations and circumventing the Arab Peace Initiative launched by Saudi Arabia in 2002, which calls for a settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before any...
1st Saudi envoy to the Palestinians in West Bank, Israeli minister in Riyadh amid normalization push
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Saudi Arabia's newly appointed envoy to the Palestinian Authority presented his credentials to President Mahmoud Abbas during his first visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a move linked to recent American efforts to normalize ties between Saudi Arabia...
UNGA Briefing: Netanyahu, tuberculosis and what else is going on at the UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It's Day 4 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Thursday at the U.N. and what to keep an eye on Friday. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE UN GENERAL...
Palestinian leader tells UN there can be no Mideast peace without his people enjoying full rights
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday that there can be no peace in the Middle East without his people enjoying their “full and legitimate national rights.” It was the closest he came in a nearly 25-minute address...
Fatah gives deadline for handover of general's killers amid fragile truce in Lebanon refugee camp
BEIRUT (AP) — A top official with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group said Sunday that Palestinian and Lebanese officials have given militant Islamic groups in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp until the end of the month to hand over the accused killers of a Fatah...
Intensified clashes between rival factions in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp kill 5
BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes intensified Wednesday in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, leaving at least five people dead and more than a dozen wounded, Lebanese state media and security officials said. Scores of civilians have been forced to flee to safer areas. The latest...
Palestinian man who fled Lebanon seeking safety in Libya was killed with his family by floods
BEIRUT (AP) — A At the height of Lebanon’s 15-year civil war in the late 1980s, Saleh Ali Sariyeh decided to leave the Palestinian refugee camp where he had been living and move to Libya in search of safety and a better future. On Monday, the 62-year-old architect was killed...
Palestinian politicians lash out at renowned academics who denounced president's antisemitic remarks
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian politicians on Wednesday raged against dozens of Palestinian academics who had criticized President Mahmoud Abbas' recent remarks on the Holocaust that drew widespread accusations of antisemitism. They lambasted the open letter signed earlier...
Top Hamas leader in Beirut in a bid to stop clashes at Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp
SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — A top Hamas leader arrived in Beirut Tuesday to push for an end to clashes in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp that resumed despite multiple cease-fire agreements. Days of fighting in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp near the southern port city of...
