Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights has lost its leading contributor. Austria has announced that it would withdraw from the UN Disengagement Observers Force in the Golan Heights. The announcement on June 6, after months of consultations, was said to mark a major blow to the UN [...]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Decrying a rising death toll and an escalation of violence, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly called yet again for progress towards a political transition to defuse Syria’s civil war, now in its third year. Though the resolution strongly condemns the Syrian government of Bashar Assad for its increased use [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The European Union has been mulling a withdrawal from the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon. Western diplomatic sources said several EU states have been negotiating with Lebanon to bolster security for their contingents in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon. The sources said the European contingents have been alarmed [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress has determined that international sanctions failed to stop Iran from its drive toward nuclear weapons. The Congressional Research Service, the research arm of the House and Senate, asserted that U.S. and United Nations sanctions have not hampered Teheran from advancing in its nuclear program. CRS said the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Sunni rebels have again attacked United Nations peacekeepers in Syria. On May 7, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon reported that Sunni rebels captured four members of the UN Disengagement Observer Force in Syria’s Golan Heights. The rebels were identified as members of the Al Qaida-aligned Yarmouk Martyrs Brigades, which operates in [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The United Nations has issued contradictory assessments of Syria’s use of chemical weapons. A leading UN official asserted that Sunni rebels in Syria fired weapons that contained CW. The official identified the chemical agent as sarin, deemed one of the most lethal of toxins. “According to the testimonies we have [...]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Has Syria crossed the “red line” which the Obama administration warned about should there be any use of chemical weapons in the conflict? Yes, No, Maybe so. But even if there was an apparently limited albeit brutal use of the nerve agents, does this automatically justify the “game changer” [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The United Nations observers force along the Israeli-Syrian frontier has revised its strategy. Diplomatic sources said the UN Disengagement Observer Force has severely restricted operations in Syria and focused on protection of its 1,000 members. They said the UN force was reorganizing after the abduction of 21 officers by Syrian [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Libyan weapons have been proliferating at an alarming rate, the United Nations said. A UN report asserted that Libyan weapons were fueling conflicts throughout the Middle East and Africa. The Security Council’s Group of Experts said Libya has become the key source of heavy weapons, including anti-tank systems, in North [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has determined that the United Nations stopped monitoring the flow of weapons to the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah in southern Lebanon. Officials said the UN Interim Force in Lebanon has suspended most operations designed to track and intercept heavy weapons to Hizbullah and other militias south of Lebanon’s Litani River. The [...]
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