Paris aid conference raises $800m for Lebanon ...Kuwait

A Paris conference on Thursday on aid for conflict-stricken Lebanon raised around $800 million for humanitarian aid but saw little diplomatic progress as fighting continues between Israel and Hezbollah. "In total, we have jointly gathered $800 million in humanitarian aid," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told participants as the conference closed. He added that there was a further "$200 million for the security forces" bringing the total to "almost a billion, even more than a billion... with the latest contributions". The total far outstrips both France's target of 500 million euros and the 400 million originally requested by the UN for Lebanon, where Barrot

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