Caretaker Prime Minister, Dr. Hassan Diab, made a phone call to the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, during which they broached various issues of common interest and UN efforts aimed at helping Lebanon overcome the current crises. Premier Diab commended the initiatives taken by the Secretary-General to assist Lebanon, namely by co-chairing both Paris conferences in support of Beirut and the Lebanese people, and the urgent appeal he launched to the ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi pledged on Friday that Thursday’s security breach of the twin suicide bombings in Baghdad “would not be repeated,” stressing the need to urgently address the challenges facing the performance of the intelligence services. A statement by his office said that al-Kadhimi’s comments came during the ...