Kirsten Auken 🇩🇰 🇱🇧
@kirstenauken.bsky.social
Regional Director, #MENA Danmission. Born in Denmark, based in #Lebanon #globaldev #dkaid #dkpol #kirkedk. MA in #Spanish, trying to learn #Arabic. Currently in Cairo, following with sadness and horror the destruction in Lebanon. Ceasefire Now!
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Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun elected as president after years of political vacuum - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/lebanese-army-chief-joseph-aoun-elected-president-years-political-vacuum
Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun elected as president after years of political vacuum
Aoun will oversee the country through numerous challenges amid fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah
www.middleeasteye.net
January 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun elected as president after years of political vacuum - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/lebanese-army-chief-joseph-aoun-elected-president-years-political-vacuum
Mabrouk, #Lebanon! Finally a President has been elected, after more than 2 years vacancy and 12 previous unsuccesful attempts in the Parliament to elect a president.
This is an important step for Lebanon, and also crucial for upholding the ongoing ceasefire.
This is an important step for Lebanon, and also crucial for upholding the ongoing ceasefire.
Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun elected president
Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and
english.alarabiya.net
January 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Mabrouk, #Lebanon! Finally a President has been elected, after more than 2 years vacancy and 12 previous unsuccesful attempts in the Parliament to elect a president.
This is an important step for Lebanon, and also crucial for upholding the ongoing ceasefire.
This is an important step for Lebanon, and also crucial for upholding the ongoing ceasefire.
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Hvor autoritære er Syriens nye herskere? Indtil de overtog magten i hele landet, havde den islamistiske milits HTS regeret provinsen Idlib i Syrien. Forskning fra denne region kan fortælle os, hvad der er i vente for resten af den syriske befolkning, skriver @dinokrause.bsky.social👇
HTS seeks public legitimacy: How authoritarian are Syria's new rulers?
Until now, the Islamist militia HTS has ruled the province of Idlib. Research shows how it dealt with protest and minorities there.
www.diis.dk
December 17, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Hvor autoritære er Syriens nye herskere? Indtil de overtog magten i hele landet, havde den islamistiske milits HTS regeret provinsen Idlib i Syrien. Forskning fra denne region kan fortælle os, hvad der er i vente for resten af den syriske befolkning, skriver @dinokrause.bsky.social👇
Tror vi er mange der holder vejret lige nu ift #Syrien Tenderer til at være enig i denne analyse. Hører gerne andre argumenter, både for og imod.
Ekstremisme i det fremtidige Syrien? Her er min analyse af, hvad der er op og ned i den debat på @altingetdk.bsky.social 👉🏻 www.altinget.dk/forsvar/arti...
December 19, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Tror vi er mange der holder vejret lige nu ift #Syrien Tenderer til at være enig i denne analyse. Hører gerne andre argumenter, både for og imod.
Lots of people in #Lebanon try to help with whatever they can. This is one nice example which has made its way to Danish TV
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
Ramy klovner rundt i Beirut for krigsramte børn: ‘Jeg kan ikke se mig selv bare sidde i sofaen og gøre ingenting'
Krigen i Libanon har sat gang i en række private initiativer. Et af dem handler om at sprede glæde og latter i krigstid.
www.dr.dk
November 24, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Lots of people in #Lebanon try to help with whatever they can. This is one nice example which has made its way to Danish TV
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
Status on this one attack in Central #Beirut: 29 killed, 66 injured. And counting...
At least 4 or 5 missiles. Maybe bunker busters.
Deadly strike in Basta, central #Beirut: What we know:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Deadly strike in Basta, central #Beirut: What we know:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Deadly strike in Basta, central Beirut: What we know
Beirut was abruptly awakened at 4 a.m. by a series of powerful strikes that hit the Basta al-Fawqa neighborhood, in the heart of the capital.Here is what we know so far about this bombing:The...
today.lorientlejour.com
November 24, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Status on this one attack in Central #Beirut: 29 killed, 66 injured. And counting...
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At least 4 or 5 missiles. Maybe bunker busters.
Deadly strike in Basta, central #Beirut: What we know:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Deadly strike in Basta, central #Beirut: What we know:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Deadly strike in Basta, central Beirut: What we know
Beirut was abruptly awakened at 4 a.m. by a series of powerful strikes that hit the Basta al-Fawqa neighborhood, in the heart of the capital.Here is what we know so far about this bombing:The...
today.lorientlejour.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:35 AM
At least 4 or 5 missiles. Maybe bunker busters.
Deadly strike in Basta, central #Beirut: What we know:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Deadly strike in Basta, central #Beirut: What we know:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Status: at least 12 killed and 23 injured. And counting.
#Beirut
#Beirut
At least 4 or 5 missiles. Maybe bunker busters.
Deadly strike in Basta, central #Beirut: What we know:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Deadly strike in Basta, central #Beirut: What we know:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Deadly strike in Basta, central Beirut: What we know
Beirut was abruptly awakened at 4 a.m. by a series of powerful strikes that hit the Basta al-Fawqa neighborhood, in the heart of the capital.Here is what we know so far about this bombing:The...
today.lorientlejour.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Status: at least 12 killed and 23 injured. And counting.
#Beirut
#Beirut
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“Every day, we ask for more sanitary pads, but we are given excuses”
Important piece by my colleague, Jasmin Lilian Diab, on the conditions of Lebanon's female migrant domestic workers amidst the ongoing war and displacement.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/humanrights/...
Important piece by my colleague, Jasmin Lilian Diab, on the conditions of Lebanon's female migrant domestic workers amidst the ongoing war and displacement.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/humanrights/...
Access to sexual and reproductive health and rights among migrant domestic workers in Lebanon’s informal shelters
Since the escalation of violence in Lebanon, female migrant domestic workers face heightened vulnerability, especially with regard to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). In this artic…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 23, 2024 at 11:34 AM
“Every day, we ask for more sanitary pads, but we are given excuses”
Important piece by my colleague, Jasmin Lilian Diab, on the conditions of Lebanon's female migrant domestic workers amidst the ongoing war and displacement.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/humanrights/...
Important piece by my colleague, Jasmin Lilian Diab, on the conditions of Lebanon's female migrant domestic workers amidst the ongoing war and displacement.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/humanrights/...
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Presset på Den Internationale Domstol er allerede stort og vil vokse. Spørgsmålet, Danmark og de øvrige medlemslande står over for, er grundlæggende: Vil de forsvare den internationale retsorden eller underminere den i et forsvar for de ansvarlige for krigen i Gaza?
Den Internationale Straffedomstol udsteder arrestordrer mod Benjamin Netanyahu og Yoav Gallant for forbrydelser mod menneskeheden og krigsforbrydelser. www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejectin...
www.icc-cpi.int
November 22, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Presset på Den Internationale Domstol er allerede stort og vil vokse. Spørgsmålet, Danmark og de øvrige medlemslande står over for, er grundlæggende: Vil de forsvare den internationale retsorden eller underminere den i et forsvar for de ansvarlige for krigen i Gaza?
At least 4 or 5 missiles. Maybe bunker busters.
Deadly strike in Basta, central #Beirut: What we know:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Deadly strike in Basta, central #Beirut: What we know:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Deadly strike in Basta, central Beirut: What we know
Beirut was abruptly awakened at 4 a.m. by a series of powerful strikes that hit the Basta al-Fawqa neighborhood, in the heart of the capital.Here is what we know so far about this bombing:The...
today.lorientlejour.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:35 AM
At least 4 or 5 missiles. Maybe bunker busters.
Deadly strike in Basta, central #Beirut: What we know:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Deadly strike in Basta, central #Beirut: What we know:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
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Fairuz, #Lebanon’s icon, turns 90 on a day that the skies again taste of fire & smoke.“From my heart a greeting of peace to Beirut. She is wine from the spirit of the people, she is bread & jasmine from their sweat, so how did she come to taste of fire and smoke?” youtu.be/Qp_Z0PyrDzI?...
Le Beirut-Fairuz لبيروت (with english lyrics)
YouTube video by M H
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Fairuz, #Lebanon’s icon, turns 90 on a day that the skies again taste of fire & smoke.“From my heart a greeting of peace to Beirut. She is wine from the spirit of the people, she is bread & jasmine from their sweat, so how did she come to taste of fire and smoke?” youtu.be/Qp_Z0PyrDzI?...
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This morning, Israeli evacuation threats have targeted two residential buildings in #Beirut that are near a supermarket, a sweets store, a shop selling clothes, and a mall. #Lebanon
New mapping of Israeli attacks on Beirut.
The mapping done by Beirut Urban Lab shows that Beirut's southern suburbs, Dahiya, have been the target of 186 Israeli announced strikes, demolishing at least 262 buildings between 27 September and 17 November 2024.
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
The mapping done by Beirut Urban Lab shows that Beirut's southern suburbs, Dahiya, have been the target of 186 Israeli announced strikes, demolishing at least 262 buildings between 27 September and 17 November 2024.
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
November 22, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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In Lebanon, the unity of its people from various religious and sectarian groups has remained steadfast in the face of widespread displacement and thousands of deaths, @raniaab.bsky.social writes.
The Price Lebanon Is Paying for the Hezbollah-Israel War
The group’s supporters remain steadfast in the face of widespread displacement and thousands of deaths.
www.newyorker.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:15 PM
In Lebanon, the unity of its people from various religious and sectarian groups has remained steadfast in the face of widespread displacement and thousands of deaths, @raniaab.bsky.social writes.
226 health workers killed in #Lebanon since Oct. 7, says WHO:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
226 health workers killed in Lebanon since Oct. 7, says WHO
Nearly 230 health workers have been killed in Lebanon since the start of the war in Lebanon, most of them since the Israeli escalation on Sept. 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on...
today.lorientlejour.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:48 AM
226 health workers killed in #Lebanon since Oct. 7, says WHO:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
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281 nødhjælpsarbejdere er der blevet dræbt i år - selv med en måned tilbage af 2024, er vi i det farligste år for nødhjælp nogensinde. #dkaid
November 23, 2024 at 7:18 AM
281 nødhjælpsarbejdere er der blevet dræbt i år - selv med en måned tilbage af 2024, er vi i det farligste år for nødhjælp nogensinde. #dkaid
A tough night in Central #Beirut. 8 storey residential building turned into crater at 4am local time without prior warning.
Large Israeli bombardment leaves crater in central Beirut:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Large Israeli bombardment leaves crater in central Beirut:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Large Israeli bombardment leaves crater in central Beirut
This is a developing story.BEIRUT -- Israeli jets fired five missiles at an eight-story residential building in the central Beirut neighborhood of Basta at 4 a.m. on Saturday morning, leveling the...
today.lorientlejour.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:23 AM
A tough night in Central #Beirut. 8 storey residential building turned into crater at 4am local time without prior warning.
Large Israeli bombardment leaves crater in central Beirut:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
Large Israeli bombardment leaves crater in central Beirut:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
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This story by my @washingtonpost.com colleagues about the toll of Israel's air war on Lebanon's children is devastating. "The bodies of the adults had long since been retrieved. Pieces of the children, though, were still being found everywhere."
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
Israel’s war on Hezbollah takes terrible toll on Lebanon’s children
At least 231 children have been killed and 1,330 injured, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:06 PM
This story by my @washingtonpost.com colleagues about the toll of Israel's air war on Lebanon's children is devastating. "The bodies of the adults had long since been retrieved. Pieces of the children, though, were still being found everywhere."
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
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Yet another shameful abuse of the UNSC veto by the US to perpetuate a war that violates US law and US international legal commitments.
Just as we rightly condemned Russia for its consistent and abusive use of the UNSC veto in support of Assad, we must condemn it here as well.
Just as we rightly condemned Russia for its consistent and abusive use of the UNSC veto in support of Assad, we must condemn it here as well.
BREAKING: The US vetoed a UNSC resolution for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, which received 14 votes in favor and one against.
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November 20, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Yet another shameful abuse of the UNSC veto by the US to perpetuate a war that violates US law and US international legal commitments.
Just as we rightly condemned Russia for its consistent and abusive use of the UNSC veto in support of Assad, we must condemn it here as well.
Just as we rightly condemned Russia for its consistent and abusive use of the UNSC veto in support of Assad, we must condemn it here as well.
UNESCO places 34 Lebanese heritage sites under reinforced protection:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
#Lebanon #AllEyesOnLebanon
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#Lebanon #AllEyesOnLebanon
UNESCO places 34 Lebanese heritage sites under reinforced protection
BEIRUT — UNESCO announced on Monday that it was placing 34 cultural sites in Lebanon threatened by Israeli bombardments under ''provisional reinforced protection'' and granting emergency financial...
today.lorientlejour.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:35 AM
UNESCO places 34 Lebanese heritage sites under reinforced protection:
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
#Lebanon #AllEyesOnLebanon
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1436...
#Lebanon #AllEyesOnLebanon