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Arab League Denounces Terrorist Attack Near Moscow

FILED - 17 February 2019, Munich: Egyptian diplomat and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit attends the last day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa
FILED - 17 February 2019, Munich: Egyptian diplomat and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit attends the last day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa
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Arab League Denounces Terrorist Attack Near Moscow

FILED - 17 February 2019, Munich: Egyptian diplomat and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit attends the last day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa
FILED - 17 February 2019, Munich: Egyptian diplomat and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit attends the last day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa

Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place near Moscow on Friday.
He described the attack as an act that cannot be justified under any pretext.
In a statement, Aboul Gheit expressed his deepest condolences to the Russian government and the families of the victims of the attack and also wished a speedy recovery to the injured.

Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers near Moscow on Friday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145 in an attack claimed by ISIS.

In the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege, gunmen sprayed civilians with bullets just before Soviet-era rock group "Picnic" was to perform to a full house at the 6,200-seat the Crocus City Hall just west of the capital.

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Berri Says War with Israel ‘Most Dangerous Phase’ in Lebanon’s History

FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri looks on during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri looks on during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
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Berri Says War with Israel ‘Most Dangerous Phase’ in Lebanon’s History

FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri looks on during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri looks on during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

The speaker of Lebanon's parliament, Nabih Berri, said on Wednesday the war with Israel had been the "most dangerous phase" his country had endured in its history, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect.
A ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah came into effect on Wednesday after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the US and France, a rare victory for diplomacy in a region traumatized by two devastating wars for over a year.
Lebanon's army, which is tasked with helping make sure the ceasefire holds, said in a statement on Wednesday it was preparing to deploy to the south of the country.
The military also asked that residents of border villages delay returning home until the Israeli military, which has waged war against Hezbollah on several occasions and pushed around six km (4 miles) into Lebanese territory, withdraws.
The agreement, which promises to end a conflict across the Israeli-Lebanese border that has killed thousands of people since it was ignited by the Gaza war last year, is a major achievement for the US in the waning days of President Joe Biden's administration.
Biden spoke at the White House on Tuesday shortly after Israel's security cabinet approved the agreement in a 10-1 vote. He said he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and that fighting would end at 4 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Israel will gradually withdraw its forces over 60 days as Lebanon's army takes control of territory near its border with Israel to ensure that Hezbollah does not rebuild its infrastructure there, Biden said.