The French Minister of Foreign Affairs is traveling to Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, August 15, the international editorial staff of Radio France learned from the French embassy in Beirut. Stéphane Séjourné is to meet with the Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, his counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib and the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, according to a diplomatic source. This visit by the head of French diplomacy aims to “support ongoing diplomatic efforts towards de-escalation in the region,” announced the Quai d’Orsay, while fears of an extension of the conflict in Gaza to Lebanon are significant. Follow our live stream.
Truce talks planned in Doha. Conducted at the call of the mediating countries – Qatar, the United States and Egypt – they will be held in Qatar in the presence of the heads of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, and Shin Bet, the internal security service, according to the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The participation of Hamas remains uncertain. The United States and Qatar have called on all parties not to “undermine” the negotiations.
Mahmoud Abbas and Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed a ceasefire. The Palestinian Authority president met with the Turkish president in Ankara on Wednesday evening. They spoke “massacres committed by Israel in the Palestinian territories”as well as “Necessary steps for a permanent ceasefire and peace”according to the Turkish president’s office.
Three dead, including two Hezbollah members, in Israeli strikes in Lebanon. The Lebanese Health Ministry announced the death of three people on Wednesday in Israeli bombings in southern Lebanon, near the border between Israel and Lebanon, in Marjayoun and Blida.. The Israeli army, for its part, declared that its air force had “hit Hezbollah military structures.”
Columbia University President Resigns After Pro-Palestinian Movement Minouche Shafik invokes the “crisis period” spring when the New York campus was the epicenter of student protests against the war in Gaza. She reported “threats”of“insults” or even “mistreatment” against her, “colleagues” And “students”, and has “decided” that his “resignation will allow Columbia to better face the challenges ahead.”