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Head of Tunisia’s Constitution Committee Delivers Draft to President

Tunisians shout slogans and carry Tunisian flags during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied and the constitutional referendum, which will be held on 25 July, in Tunis, Tunisia, 19 June 2022. (EPA)
Tunisians shout slogans and carry Tunisian flags during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied and the constitutional referendum, which will be held on 25 July, in Tunis, Tunisia, 19 June 2022. (EPA)
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Head of Tunisia’s Constitution Committee Delivers Draft to President

Tunisians shout slogans and carry Tunisian flags during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied and the constitutional referendum, which will be held on 25 July, in Tunis, Tunisia, 19 June 2022. (EPA)
Tunisians shout slogans and carry Tunisian flags during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied and the constitutional referendum, which will be held on 25 July, in Tunis, Tunisia, 19 June 2022. (EPA)

The head of Tunisia's constitution committee delivered the draft of a new constitution to the president Kais Saied on Monday, the presidency said.

Saied, who seized executive power last year, dissolved parliament and ruled by decree - a move opponents called a coup - said some chapters in the draft constitution needed amendments and revisions.

The president intends to put the new constitution to a referendum on July 25, though the opposition has said it will boycott the plebiscite.

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UN Agency Says Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Have Driven Half a Million People into Syria

People carry their belongings while crossing from Lebanon into Syria, as they walk past a crater caused in the aftermath of an Israeli strike that occurred early on Friday morning, at Jousieh crossing between Syria and Lebanon, Syria October 28, 2024. (Reuters)
People carry their belongings while crossing from Lebanon into Syria, as they walk past a crater caused in the aftermath of an Israeli strike that occurred early on Friday morning, at Jousieh crossing between Syria and Lebanon, Syria October 28, 2024. (Reuters)
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UN Agency Says Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Have Driven Half a Million People into Syria

People carry their belongings while crossing from Lebanon into Syria, as they walk past a crater caused in the aftermath of an Israeli strike that occurred early on Friday morning, at Jousieh crossing between Syria and Lebanon, Syria October 28, 2024. (Reuters)
People carry their belongings while crossing from Lebanon into Syria, as they walk past a crater caused in the aftermath of an Israeli strike that occurred early on Friday morning, at Jousieh crossing between Syria and Lebanon, Syria October 28, 2024. (Reuters)

Israel’s escalated aerial bombardment of Lebanon has driven over half a million people to cross the border into Syria, overwhelming already strained resources.

Among the arrivals, an estimated 7,000 are pregnant, with about 800 expected to give birth within the next month, Muriel Mafico, the representative of the United Nations Population Fund in Syria, told The Associated Press.

“The majority of the people who arrived in Syria are women and children,” she said. “Once again, it is women and children who are paying a heavy price.”

Mafico said the UNFPA, along with its international and local partners, is providing services at the border as well as following up on those women who are ending up in shelters or staying with relatives in Syria.

But, she said, "the response so far is less than adequate due to the constraints on resources that we have.”

The Lebanese General Security recorded 361,300 Syrians and 177,864 Lebanese crossing into Syria between Sept. 23 and Nov. 1, according to a report by Lebanon’s crisis response unit.