Eurasia Press & News
Tony and Monika Esseily and their three children were winding up a vacation in Lebanon when Israeli airstrikes began July 12.
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July, 2006
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20 July
Spain and Malta agree deal over stranded migrants
A standoff between Malta and Spain over the fate of some 50 African migrants has been resolved.
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20 July
Australians left in Beirut as rescue ship forced to go
While thousands of Westerners have been bussed, flown and shipped out of Lebanon as Israel continues to bomb the country, some are struggling to get out.
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20 July
Ninth day of fighting in Lebanon
Israeli troops were reportedly fighting Hezbollah militants in two locations near the border.
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20 July
Egypt groups want deals with Israel revoked
CAIRO (AFP) — Israel’s crushing offensive in Lebanon prompted calls by Egyptian opposition groups Wednesday for peace deals with the Jewish state to be revoked and oil and gas exports to be frozen.
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20 July
Arab gov’ts have different reasons for truce
CAIRO — Arab governments disagree on who to blame for starting the Middle East violence of the past week but, unlike Israel and the United States, they agree at least that the bombings should end immediately and talks should begin.
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20 July
Lebanese short of food, water under Israeli bombs
TYRE — Ghassan Bourji says he has run out of insulin for his two diabetic children and heart medication for his mother because Israeli bombardment has cut supplies to his village of Rmadiyeh in south Lebanon.
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20 July
Horrors of 1982 put brakes on Lebanon ground offensive
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The spectre of Israel sinking into the “quagmire” of Lebanon as when hundreds of troops were killed in 1982 has put an anti-Hizbollah ground offensive on hold, military officials said Wednesday.
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20 July
PM wants Iran opposition out
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Maliki said Wednesday he was looking for ways to end the presence in his country of the Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran.
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20 July
Bloodshed threatens Iraq gov’t
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — The United States told Iraq’s leaders in stern language on Wednesday they must act swiftly to halt a surge in attacks by both Sunnis and Shiites that the United Nations said risks pitching the nation into civil war.
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