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Arab League Reiterates Rejection of Forced Displacement of Gaza Residents

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters file photo)
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters file photo)
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Arab League Reiterates Rejection of Forced Displacement of Gaza Residents

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters file photo)
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters file photo)

The Arab League reiterated its unequivocal condemnation of Israeli attempts at forced displacement of residents in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and East Jerusalem, and its ongoing efforts to undermine the refugee issue through the dismantling of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), SPA reported.
In a statement marking Arab Expatriate Day, observed annually on December 4, the Arab League's General Secretariat also strongly condemned the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon, which resulted in widespread displacement of individuals, as well as civilian casualties, including among refugees.
It emphasized the urgent need to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian refugees and ensure the protection of their right to self-determination and to return to their homes from which they were forcibly displaced, in accordance with international resolutions, particularly United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 of 1948.
It also underscored the importance of supporting UNRWA so that it can address the needs of Palestinian refugees.

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Salam to Discuss Issue of Lebanese Missing in Syria during Damascus Visit

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam lays a wreath at Martyrs' statue marking the 50th anniversary of the Lebanese civil war in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam lays a wreath at Martyrs' statue marking the 50th anniversary of the Lebanese civil war in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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Salam to Discuss Issue of Lebanese Missing in Syria during Damascus Visit

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam lays a wreath at Martyrs' statue marking the 50th anniversary of the Lebanese civil war in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam lays a wreath at Martyrs' statue marking the 50th anniversary of the Lebanese civil war in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam visits Syria on Monday to discuss several pressing matters including the issue of Lebanese detainees missing in Syria.

Salam assured that the matter will top his talks during his visit to Damascus heading a ministerial delegation.

The delegation will discuss several matters of concern including the security of the borders between the countries, Lebanese detainees who disappeared in the prisons of the former Syrian regime, the return of Syrian refugees, in addition to the list of economic agreements between the two countries and ways to promote them, sources told Asharq al-Awsat.

Marking 50 years after Lebanon's civil war began, Salam placed a wreath at the Martyr’s statue in downtown Beirut. He affirmed that the issue of Lebanese who disappeared in Syrian prisons will be discussed during his visit to Syria. “I hope I will return to you with good news”, he said.

Praising the “unity” of the Lebanese people, Salam stated that “it is important for us that the Lebanese restore confidence in the state, and that they too take part in the reform process...our state is the only one that can protect us all with its army and the trust that can be reborn between the Lebanese and their state."

On the situation in south Lebanon, Salam said that Israel need not stay at five strategic points in south Lebanon over allegations that it needs to monitor Hezbollah’s actions, “we are in the times of satellites, anyone can know what is happening on the ground without occupying specific locations”.

In remarks he posted on his X account marking the civil war anniversary, Salam said: “On the 50th anniversary of the Lebanese civil war, we stand today not to open old wounds, but to draw lessons that must not be forgotten. All the (claimed) victories are fake, and all sides came out defeated from this war”. He stressed that the state must have monopoly over weapons.

“There can be no true state unless legitimate armed forces have the exclusive right to bear arms", he said.

Around 700 Lebanese people are thought by relatives to be held in Syria, taken during the three decades Syrian troops were in their country, many of them held for their political views.

Syrian officials of the regime of ousted President Bashar Assad have said that there were no more Lebanese prisoners in Syrian jails.