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Rosemary A. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, briefs the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
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Lebanon ‘dragged back into turmoil’, UN envoy warns

Lebanon ‘dragged back into turmoil’, UN envoy warns

Lebanon has been “dragged back into a state of turmoil and violence”, the UN’s top envoy in the country warned on Saturday, after the latest round of regional strikes triggered a fast‑escalating crisis along the Blue Line. What had been fragile but real momentum, she said, has now collapsed in a matter of days.