Iraq requests urgent Arab League meeting on Lebanon

Ambassadors of the Arab League take part in an extraordinary meeting over Gaza at the organisation’s headquarters in Cairo in Cairo on 22 January, 2024 [AFP via Getty Images]

Iraq has requested an urgent meeting of the Arab League, at the level of permanent representatives, to discuss the situation in Lebanon.

Qahtan Al-Janabi, Iraq’s permanent representative to the League, told the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) yesterday: “Iraq has requested an urgent meeting at the level of permanent representatives in the Arab League.”

“The meeting will address the situation in Lebanon, particularly concerning the displaced and refugees, and providing assistance to the country.”

Earlier yesterday, the Ministry of Migration announced that 144 Lebanese citizens had entered Iraq via the Al-Qa’im border crossing with Syria, including some wounded.

On 23 September, Israel launched its “most violent and extensive” assault on Lebanon in nearly 20 years. Since then it has levelled large areas of southern Beirut, killing the Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah and other senior commanders, in addition to over 1,000 Lebanese. The attacks have also raised concerns over the potential outbreak of a regional war.

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