France and the UK are still insisting that troops from NATO countries must be deployed to Ukraine as part of a potential peace deal, an idea that Russia has repeatedly rejected. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer chaired a virtual...
Fear about the deteriorating situation on the Israel-Lebanon border is mounting, and the US policy has been to pressure Lebanon to enter into direct talks with Israel, something Lebanon has repeatedly offered to do. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam reiterated Lebanon’s...
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that a number of countries have pledged to provide troops as part of a "reassurance force" to send to Ukraine after a peace deal was reached, a plan Russia has made clear it would never accept. Macron made the comments...
The UK, France, and Germany are expected to initiate the process of reimposing sanctions on Iran on Thursday, according to a Reuters report, a step that could lead to another US-Israeli war against Iran. The European countries, known as the E3, are looking to trigger...
With US envoy Tom Barrack in attendance in Paris, Syrian and Israeli government ministers met in what is being called “de-escalation” talks aimed to reduce the growing tensions amid the ongoing Israeli invasion of southwestern Syria and the sectarian violence in the...
France and Italy have declined to participate in a plan to purchase US weapons and send them to Ukraine, a scheme that was announced by President Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Monday. France clarified that it's still set on supporting Ukraine with...
When Israel attacked Iran last week, sparking off a major regional war, there was a substantial concern across the region that other nations will get sucked into the conflict. That’s been particularly true in Lebanon, which Israel is still attacking on a near daily...
The embassy has announced that Maj. Gen. Michael Leeney will be the new top US military official monitoring the ceasefire in Lebanon. He will replace Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers, who previously held that post. The embassy’s statement emphasized Maj. Gen. Leeney will work...
With near daily airstrikes against Lebanon and thousands of Israeli ceasefire violations documented since the ceasefire went into effect, there is growing pressure on the ceasefire monitoring committee to actually chime in on the matter. The ceasefire monitors, which...
For the third time in the past month, Israel has carried out an airstrike against the Lebanese capital city of Beirut. This latest strike targeted the Hadath neighborhood, a southern suburb of Beirut. They issued a warning telling civilians to evacuate the...
