Reconstruction

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Beijing pitches yuan-financed reconstruction track at Marseille as China tests postwar influence

China's vice premier used the Marseille donor conference to unveil a $12 billion yuan-denominated lending facility for Iran and Iraq, a quiet but unmistakable bid to anchor Beijing in a reconstruction architecture being designed largely by European and Gulf capitals.

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Tehran conditionally accepts Marseille framework as Gulf-Iran sidelines yield quiet bilaterals

Iran's Supreme National Security Council voted Thursday to accept the Marseille reconstruction framework in principle, while Saudi and Iranian deputy foreign ministers held an unannounced meeting on the conference sidelines, marking the first publicly acknowledged direct contact between Riyadh and Tehran since the ceasefire.

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Marseille Conference Closes With 4.7-Billion-Euro Package and Permanent Secretariat for Iran-Iraq Reconstruction

The Marseille reconstruction conference closed Thursday with a 4.7-billion-euro headline package, a permanent secretariat housed in Aix-en-Provence, and a four-track work program that for the first time placed Iranian and Israeli envoys inside the same signed document.

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Marseille conference yields pledges on Gulf shipping, Iran reconstruction aid

Foreign ministers from 27 countries closed a two-day Marseille summit Wednesday with commitments on Persian Gulf maritime patrols and a preliminary framework for routing reconstruction funds to war-damaged areas of Iran, Iraq and Yemen.

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Marseille Conference Opens With $84 Billion Pledge Target for Postwar Middle East

Delegates from more than 60 nations gathered at Marseille's Palais du Pharo on Wednesday to launch a two-day donor conference aimed at raising $84 billion for Iran, Iraq and Yemen reconstruction, with European hosts pressing Gulf states for the bulk of the commitments.

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Marseille delegations land as pledging targets and Iran-Israel room plan firm up on eve of conference

Foreign ministers and reconstruction envoys converged on Marseille on Tuesday as French organizers settled a working-group plan that keeps the Iranian and Israeli delegations apart while locking in pledging benchmarks for Wednesday's opening session.

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Baghdad Demands Seat at Marseille and Vienna as Iraq Asserts Sovereignty Over Its Own Reconstruction

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani demanded Friday that Baghdad be seated as a full party at next week's Marseille reconstruction conference, warning that no aid package covering Iraqi territory would be accepted unless it ran through Iraqi ministries.

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EU, Gulf States Launch Tehran Reconstruction Contact Group as Ceasefire Holds

European and Gulf foreign ministers met in Muscat on Wednesday to formalize a contact group on Iran's postwar reconstruction, the first multilateral structure since the April 15 ceasefire took effect.

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Returning Iraqi families find homes erased as cross-border resettlement strains aid system

Twelve days after the ceasefire took hold, returning Iraqi and Iranian families are confronting flattened neighborhoods and overwhelmed aid corridors, as UN agencies warn that the post-war humanitarian bill is rising faster than donor pledges.

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Iran ceasefire holds at 10 days as reconstruction bill mounts and pressure grows for permanent accord

Ten days into the Iran-Israel ceasefire, United Nations monitors reported the truce was largely holding even as preliminary damage estimates topped $180 billion across four countries and negotiators in Doha pushed for a more durable framework.

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Paris Locks Down Marseille Guest List as Iran Confirms Deputy FM for Reconstruction Conference

France confirmed Friday that an Iranian deputy foreign minister would attend the Marseille reconstruction conference next month, completing a guest list European diplomats called the most ideologically diverse Mediterranean gathering on a Middle East file in a generation.

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Unexploded ordnance deaths mount along Iran-Iraq return corridors as clearance teams race to keep pace

At least 47 civilians have been killed and more than 130 wounded by unexploded ordnance since the Iran-Israel ceasefire took effect April 15, the U.N. Mine Action Service said Friday, as the pace of refugee returns continued to outrun clearance crews along the Iran-Iraq border belt.

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Donor Conference in Geneva Pledges $34 Billion Toward Iran-Iraq Reconstruction

A two-day donor conference in Geneva closed Friday with $34 billion in initial pledges for postwar rebuilding across Iran, Iraq and Yemen, even as participants clashed over how reconstruction funds would flow to sanctioned Iranian entities.

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EU Foreign Ministers Pledge Hormuz Monitors and Reconstruction Funds as Brussels Reassesses Gulf Role

European foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg agreed Thursday to contribute up to 60 naval personnel to the UN observer mission in the Strait of Hormuz and to anchor a 2.4 billion euro initial reconstruction package for Iraq and Yemen.

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Ankara Stakes Claim on Iran-Iraq Reconstruction as Erdogan Pitches Turkey as Indispensable Corridor

President Erdogan opened a two-day regional reconstruction forum in Ankara on Wednesday, pressing the case for Turkish construction firms, road corridors and ports to anchor the rebuild of Iran and Iraq before the Marseille donor conference convenes next month.

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Mine Clearance Teams Fan Out Across Iran-Iraq Border as Civilian Casualties Mount in the Aftermath

Seven days after the Iran-Israel ceasefire took effect, demining teams are working across border districts in Iran and Iraq as a rising tally of post-conflict casualties from unexploded munitions threatens to slow the return of displaced families.

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Berlin and Paris Quietly Haggle Over Marseille Reconstruction Bill as Southern EU States Push for Bigger Share

European negotiators have begun pre-Marseille bargaining over how to divide a reconstruction package now expected to exceed three billion euros, with Italy, Greece and Spain pressing for a fairer accounting of war costs already borne.

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Unexploded Ordnance Stalls Refugee Returns as Mine-Action Teams Fan Out From Basra to South Lebanon

Five days into the Iran ceasefire, demining teams from four countries began the painstaking work of clearing missile debris, cluster submunitions and damaged ordnance from neighborhoods, fields and roadsides across southern Iraq, southern Lebanon and western Iran.

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After Doha Handover, Focus Shifts to a Fragile Reconstruction

A day after the Doha prisoner handover, governments turned to the harder work of rebuilding battered cities and ports, with donor pledges, monitoring rules and refugee returns at the top of the agenda.

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First Refugee Returns Begin as Ceasefire Holds, but Aid Groups Warn of Uncertain Conditions

Three days after the ceasefire took effect, the first organized convoys of displaced families began moving back toward Iranian border provinces and southern Iraq, even as aid agencies cautioned that returns were running ahead of conditions on the ground.

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EU Foreign Ministers Meet in Luxembourg to Shape Post-Ceasefire Role as Marseille Conference Takes Shape

European foreign ministers gathered in Luxembourg on Thursday to settle the bloc's posture toward a ceasefire it had no hand in brokering, agreeing on a verification contribution, a refugee framework and a Marseille reconstruction conference set for May.

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New Delhi Pushes for Gulf Reconstruction Stake as Ceasefire Takes Hold

Hours after the Iran-Israel ceasefire took effect, India dispatched senior envoys to four Gulf capitals to press its case for energy contracts, reconstruction work and labor agreements that have favored other regional players.

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