Turkey to vote on Lebanon peacekeepers
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Turkish leaders worked to shore up support among skeptical lawmakers for a Turkish contribution to an expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon before a parliamentary vote Tuesday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday met with leaders of Turkey, the first Muslim country with diplomatic ties to Israel to pledge troops for the expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon.
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Turkey's president calls a referendum on a government plan to have his successor elected by the people.
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Lebanon's parliament is going ahead with  a vote to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile  Lahoud Friday despite a U.N. Security Council resolution  warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon.
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ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey agreed yesterday to send troops to Lebanon to monitor a tense cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, becoming the first Muslim country with diplomatic ties with Israel to do so.
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Lebanon's parliament voted  overwhelmingly on Friday to extend the term of Syrian-backed  President Emile Lahoud, despite a U.N. Security Council  resolution warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon.
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Turkey on Tuesday became the first Muslim country with diplomatic ties to Israel to pledge troops to an expanding international peacekeeping force that will monitor a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Across the globe, at least 15 nations are considering sending troops to an eventual U.N.-mandated international force in southern Lebanon &#151; including Malaysia, Indonesia and Norway.
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2 September 2004 - With an eye to Lebanon&#39;s upcoming elections, the United Nations Security Council this evening passed a resolution â-y the razor-thin margin of nine in favor with six abstentions â -laring support for polling free of outside
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Turkey on Tuesday became the first Muslim country with diplomatic ties to Israel to pledge troops to an expanding international peacekeeping force that will monitor a fragile cease-fire between Israel and ...
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Turkish MPs meet to vote on controversial plans to allow girls to wear the Islamic headscarf in universities.
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As world leaders scramble to secure a cease-fire in Lebanon, a crucial question arises: Who will ensure the peace? Israel has suggested it prefers a NATO-led coalition &#151; not the traditional U.N. peacekeeping force that has tried but failed to bring peace to Lebanon the last three decades.
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Lebanon urged members of the UN Security Council Thursday to vote against a US-French draft resolution demanding Syrian military withdrawal.
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Lebanon's parliament speaker said on Thursday the U.N. Security Council had ignored the country's constitution in voting to set up a tribunal for suspects in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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The Lebanese government must fully implement a recent U.N. resolution requiring the disarming of the militant Shiite group Hezbollah or Israel will be less reluctant to attack the Lebanese state if Hezbollah resumes hostilities, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said yesterday.
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The German parliament has voted to send soldiers to Lebanon, removing the final hurdle for a German contribution to the international peace keeping force.
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China plans to send a contingent of  peacekeeping troops to Lebanon and is consulting the United  Nations on the details, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman  said on Monday.