"LEBANON"

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Ten-year-old Samer was born with autism in Mosul, Iraq. Struggling with his disability and needs for special care, Samer lived in isolation for years before a community centre in Lebanon offered him a chance to connect with other children. UNHCR

Alleging that Israel has discovered “Iran’s secret atomic warehouse” which contained “as much as 300 tons of nuclear related equipment,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country will act against Iran “wherever and whenever we must act” to defend Israel. UNIFEED

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said after a confrontation was averted in Idlib, now was the time to move forward on a Syrian constitutional committee adding that “everyone” was looking to see if this could happen in “October; not in Christmas, not next year, in October.” UNIFEED

Michel Aoun, President of the Republic of Lebanon, addresses the general debate of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, September 25 – October 01, 2018).

As the award-winning film “Capharnaum” premiers in the Arab world, its leading actor, a 13-year-old Syrian refugee’s life was forever changed. UNHCR

A twelve-year-old refugee student discovered a gift for mathematics thanks to his Lebanese professor. UNHCR

Amid concerns that a severe funding shortfall threatens the “most vulnerable” victims of the Syrian conflict, the United Nations warned today that a full-scale military offensive on Idlib risks creating the worst humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century. UNTV CH

Emergency food supplies for hundreds of thousands of people in Syria’s Idlib are ready for distribution in the event of mass displacement caused by a full-scale military offensive on the last opposition-held region, the World Food Programme (WFP) said today. UNTV CH