Paris, Oct 23, 2024 (AFP) - France's Lebanon conference hampered by empty seats

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2024-10-23
France is focusing on raising hundreds of millions of dollars in aid at a conference for war-ravaged Lebanon on Thursday, but any prospect of a wider diplomatic breakthrough has been stymied by the absence of key players. The French government nevertheless hopes that the gathering can keep diplomacy alive around the conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, which has so far claimed more than 1,500 lives and displaced 700,000 people. Israel......
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