The following is a statement attributable to the UN Secretary General’s Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, on the situation in the Middle East: “Seven weeks of hostilities in Gaza and Israel have taken an appalling toll that has shocked the world.

Caretaker Minister of National Defense, Maurice Sleem, on Monday met at his Yarzeh office, with the Finnish Ambassador to Lebanon, Anne Meskanen, with whom he discussed the current developments in the region and south Lebanon.

Minister Sleem also re…

Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, on Monday received Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, at the Patriarchal headquarter in Atchaneh.

Discussions during…