German FM Calls for Diplomatic Solution to Fighting on Her Visit to Beirut

 German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reacts, on the day she meets Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon October 23, 2024. (Reuters)
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reacts, on the day she meets Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon October 23, 2024. (Reuters)
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German FM Calls for Diplomatic Solution to Fighting on Her Visit to Beirut

 German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reacts, on the day she meets Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon October 23, 2024. (Reuters)
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reacts, on the day she meets Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon October 23, 2024. (Reuters)

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called for a diplomatic solution to the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.

Baerbock, upon her arrival Wednesday in Beirut, said that “we must now work with our partners in the USA, Europe and the Arab world to find a viable diplomatic solution that safeguards the legitimate security interests of both Israel and Lebanon.”

The foreign minister warned that “a complete destabilization of the country would be fatal for the most religiously diverse society of all states in the Middle East and also for the entire region.”

She also asked all parties involved in the conflict to protect the United Nations peacekeeper troops stationed in the Israeli-Lebanese border region.

Baerbock is on her 12th visit to the region since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

She held talks with influential parliament Speaker and Hezbollah ally Nabih Berri upon her arrival in Beirut.



US Military Says It Strikes Iran-Backed Militia Facility in Syria

A convoy of US military vehicles near Qamishli, Syria, February 2020. (SANA/via Reuters)
A convoy of US military vehicles near Qamishli, Syria, February 2020. (SANA/via Reuters)
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US Military Says It Strikes Iran-Backed Militia Facility in Syria

A convoy of US military vehicles near Qamishli, Syria, February 2020. (SANA/via Reuters)
A convoy of US military vehicles near Qamishli, Syria, February 2020. (SANA/via Reuters)

US forces conducted strikes in Syria against Iranian-aligned militia groups for a second day in a row Tuesday in response to further attacks on US personnel, US Central Command said late Tuesday.

In the latest retaliatory strikes, US forces hit a weapons storage and logistics facility after militia groups launched a rocket attack on US personnel at Patrol Base Shaddadi in Eastern Syria.

Earlier Tuesday, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said that over the weekend the militias had also targeted US personnel with a drone attack and indirect fires at another base, Green Village, where US troops are operating — which prompted the US to strike nine militia targets on Monday in self-defense.

There are about 900 US troops deployed in Syria. No US troops were injured in either attack.