Lebanese parliament discusses Syrian refugee crisis

STORY: Lebanese parliament discusses Syrian refugee crisis SHOOTING TIME: May 15, 2024 DATELINE: May 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): NAJIB MIKATI, Lebanese Prime Minister 2. Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri presiding parliament session 3. Lebanese parliament meeting STORYLINE: The Lebanese parliament convened Wednesday and approved a binding recommendation to the caretaker government aimed at "returning the illegal Syrian migrants and residents in Lebanon to their country within a year at the latest." The parliament recommended that the caretaker government forms a ministerial committee to "communicate and directly and strenuously follow up with the international and regional sides and the various bodies, especially with the Syrian government, and to devise a detailed timeframe for repatriating the displaced (Syrians), except for special cases protected by the Lebanese laws and specified by the committee." During the session, Lebane

Israeli forces continue to comb Gaza's largest hospital

STORY: Israeli forces continue to comb Gaza's largest hospital SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 16, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Ramallah/Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): OHOOD AL-JAGHOUB, Xinhua reporter in Ramallah 2. STANDUP 2 (English): WANG HAO, Xinhua correspondent in Cairo STORYLINE: Nov. 16, 2023 STANDUP 1 (English): OHOOD AL-JAGHOUB, Xinhua reporter in Ramallah "Israeli soldiers continue their raid of Al-Shifa Hospital for the second day. Israel claimed in footage released by the army spokesman they found weapons belonging to Hamas fighters and evidence believed to lead to Israeli hostages held by Hamas, while the hospital administration denied all the Israeli army allegations, accusing the army of systematic lying and fabricating stories." STANDUP 2 (English): WANG HAO, Xinhua correspondent in Cairo "Lebanese Hezbollah and Israeli forces intensified their shelling of each other significantly on Thursday, with eight Israeli locations and 12 Lebane