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German Defense Minister Visits Troops at UN Force in Lebanon

11 October 2023, Berlin: German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius speaks with media after the meeting of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa
11 October 2023, Berlin: German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius speaks with media after the meeting of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa
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German Defense Minister Visits Troops at UN Force in Lebanon

11 October 2023, Berlin: German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius speaks with media after the meeting of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa
11 October 2023, Berlin: German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius speaks with media after the meeting of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius traveled to Lebanon on Thursday to visit German soldiers serving in a UN peacekeeping force in the region in the wake of a major escalation between neighboring Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
Berlin has deployed some 140 soldiers on a corvette off the Lebanese coast and at the headquarters of the UNIFIL mission in southern Lebanon that was hit by a rocket on Sunday without causing casualties, Reuters said.
"On the corvette Oldenburg, (the minister) thanked the sailors for their efforts and was briefed on the impact the conflict in Israel and Gaza is having on German soldiers in the region," the defense ministry in Berlin said on the social media platform X, formerly called Twitter.
UNIFIL has operated in Lebanon since 1978 to maintain peace along the border with Israel and was expanded by the UN resolution that halted the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war in southern Lebanon.

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KSrelief Clinics Provide Medical Services to 2,578 Syrian Refugees in Jordan's Zaatari Camp

Photo by SPA
Photo by SPA
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KSrelief Clinics Provide Medical Services to 2,578 Syrian Refugees in Jordan's Zaatari Camp

Photo by SPA
Photo by SPA

The King Salman Relief and Humanitarian Aid Center (KSrelief) clinics provided medical services to 2,578 patients in the Zaatari refugee camp for Syrians in Jordan during the second week of December 2024.
The general medicine clinics received 552 patients who were examined and given the necessary medications, while the internal medicine clinic received 137 patients with various health conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, and asthma.
The pediatric clinic treated 265 children, while the emergency department received 249 patients. The dental clinic received 154 patients, and 219 women were treated at the women's clinic, SPA reported.
The ear, nose, and throat clinic treated 57 patients suffering from sinus, pharynx, tonsils, and middle ear infections. The ophthalmology clinic provided the necessary treatment to 53 patients, while the cardiology clinic treated 21 patients. The diagnostic radiology clinic dealt with 21 patients, and the rehabilitation medicine clinic treated 35 patients.
During the said period, 541 laboratory tests were conducted on 183 patients, and 141 X-rays were performed on 110 patients. At the vaccination clinic, 147 vaccines were administered to 59 patients, and medications for chronic diseases were dispensed to 321 patients.
The health education department received 74 patients, and the physical therapy department treated 68 patients. The pharmacy recorded 1,665 prescriptions.