Strikes Beirut Envoy

Climate fight 'bigger than one election', says Biden’s top envoy

COP29 climate summit opens amid fears the US election will derail efforts to stop the planet heating up.

U.S. climate envoy says work will continue despite Trump’s return

U.S. climate envoy John Podesta said President-elect Donald Trump can slow, not stop, the transition from fossil fuels when he returns to office in January.

Trump appoints real estate exec Steven Witkoff as Middle East envoy

President-elect Trump said Tuesday that he picked real estate executive Steven Witkoff to be special envoy to the Middle East in his next administration. “Steve is a Highly Respected Leader in ...

Politics - The Hill - November 12

U.S. Envoy Visits Lebanon, Seeking Truce Between Israel and Hezbollah

The envoy, Amos Hochstein, said an end to the fighting was “within our grasp” after meeting in Beirut with Lebanon’s Parliament speaker, a key interlocutor with Hezbollah.

World - The New York Times - 4 days ago

U.S. envoy says there is "real opportunity" to end fighting between Israel, Hezbollah

U.S. Envoy Amos Hochstein says there is a real opportunity to bring the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah to an end, saying an end to hostilities is "within our grasp." CBS News senior foreign ...

U.S. Envoy Will Head to Israel, Citing Progress on Lebanon Cease-Fire

The envoy, Amos Hochstein, held a second day of talks in the Lebanese capital to seek a truce between Israel and Hezbollah. The militant group’s leader said peace now depended on Israel.

World - The New York Times - 3 days ago

‘Positive progress’ made in Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire talks, US envoy says

Amos Hochstein to meet Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday after Beirut discussions over deal to end fighting. The US envoy Amos Hochstein has said there is “positive progress” towards a ceasefire in ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Cease-Fire Between Israel and Hezbollah Edges Closer, U.S. Envoy Says

Amos Hochstein, the lead U.S. negotiator, said he had made progress on a trip to Beirut and would travel to Israel to try to secure a cease-fire agreement that has so far proven elusive.

World - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago

US envoy to meet Israel’s Netanyahu in renewed push for Hizbollah ceasefire

Amos Hochstein’s trip to Israel comes after talks with Lebanese officials

World - Financial Times - 3 days ago

Tensions rise in Beirut after influx of displaced people

An influx of refugees fleeing Israeli strikes risks exacerbating sectarian divisions in the Lebanese capital.

Israel pounds Beirut suburb with airstrikes overnight

The death toll from Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip rose to 25, including five children, as more bodies have been recovered, while three people were killed in an early morning airstrike ...

Israel hammers Beirut suburbs as US pushes for cease-fire

Israel hammered Beirut’s suburbs overnight with airstrikes as the U.S. pushes for a cease-fire between the Jewish state and Lebanon. Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, the head of the Israeli military's ...

Politics - The Hill - November 1

Watch: The TikTokers filming destroyed homes in Beirut

In Beirut, two TikTokers are filming the damage caused by Israeli air strikes for families who have fled.

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