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Lebanese Government Prioritizes Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with British prime minister at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, 28 October 2024. EPA/ANDY RAIN / POOL
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with British prime minister at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, 28 October 2024. EPA/ANDY RAIN / POOL
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Lebanese Government Prioritizes Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with British prime minister at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, 28 October 2024. EPA/ANDY RAIN / POOL
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with British prime minister at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, 28 October 2024. EPA/ANDY RAIN / POOL

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, said on Friday the Lebanese government prioritizes the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 in its entirety without any amendments.
The resolution ended the last round of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006 and stipulates that southern Lebanon must be free of arms that do not belong to the Lebanese state.
"Calls are ongoing to reach an understanding", Mikati said in a post on X.
Hezbollah began firing into Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza. Since then, Israeli strikes and bombardment in Lebanon have killed at least 3,380 people while the number of wounded has surpassed 14,400, the Health Ministry said Thursday. Among the dead were 658 women and 220 children.

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Iraq's Population Reaches 45.4 Million in First Census in over 30 Years

Workers prepare to collect information from the public as Iraq began its first nationwide population census in decades, in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP)
Workers prepare to collect information from the public as Iraq began its first nationwide population census in decades, in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP)
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Iraq's Population Reaches 45.4 Million in First Census in over 30 Years

Workers prepare to collect information from the public as Iraq began its first nationwide population census in decades, in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP)
Workers prepare to collect information from the public as Iraq began its first nationwide population census in decades, in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP)

Iraq's population has risen to 45.4 million, according to preliminary results from a national census, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday.
The census, conducted on Nov. 20, was Iraq's first nationwide survey in more than three decades, marking a crucial step for future planning and development.
Prior to the census, the planning ministry estimated the population at 43 million.
The last census, conducted in 1997, did not include the Iraqi Kurdistan region, which has been under Kurdish administration since the 1991 Gulf War.
It counted 19 million Iraqis and officials estimated there were another 3 million in the Kurdish north, according to official statistics.