(Adnkronos) – The election of a new president of Lebanon ending a two-year vacuum is crucial as the crisis-hit state reels from an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday.  ‘The goal of our

(Adnkronos) – In recent days Italy okayed three million euros of aid for Lebanon and as a committed backer of UNHCR will work with the UN refugee agency to tackle the deepening crisis in the country and in Syria and Gaza, according

(Adnkronos) – A total 178 Italian citizens arrived at Rome’s Fiumicino airport from Lebanon overnight aboard the first charter flight organised by the Italian government, the foreign ministry stated Friday as Israel’s two-week-old war against Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah continues to rage. 

(Adnkronos) – The government is eager to guarantee the security of some 3,200 Italians in crisis-hit Lebanon, it said after Israel launched a cross-border incursion on Tuesday in its war on Hezbollah, prompting Iran to fire a barrage of ballistic missiles at

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s government has backed a major aid package worth a total 531 million euros. Africa is the main beneficiary but the package also contains schemes to help Ukraine, Moldova, central and south America and the Middle East, a foreign ministry

(Adnkronos) – The security of over a thousand Italian soldiers deployed with the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon is the government’s priority, defence under-secretary Matteo Perego di Cremnago said on Tuesday after Israel launched a ground invasion against Iran-backed Hezbollah.