Lebanon
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun received American diplomat Thomas Barrack in Beirut on Monday and gave him the Lebanese state’s reply to a proposal from the United States about disarming Hezbollah. Barrack, ambassador to Turkiye and special envoy for Syria, said Lebanon’s response was “something spectacular” and that he was “unbelievably satisfied” by the reply, which […]
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BOSTON (AP) — Homeland Security officials on Monday said that a doctor from Lebanon who was deported over the weekend despite having a U.S. visa “openly admitted” to supporting a Hezbollah leader and attending his funeral. The department’s statement, posted on social media, provides a possible explanation for Dr. Rasha Alawieh’s deportation, which has sparked […]
The White House is to send $95m to Lebanon, citing regional security, while eyeing human rights concerns in Egypt, Reuters reports. The United States plans to divert to Lebanon $95m in military aid that was originally allocated to Egypt, according to an unconfirmed news agency report. The State Department notification to Congress of the planned […]
The top Biden diplomat said a weakened Syrian government will make it difficult for Iran to transfer weapons to Hezbollah. Doha, Qatar – The weakening of Syria’s government with the recent gains made by the opposition forces is going to have “massive implications” in neighbouring Lebanon, according to US envoy Amos Hochstein. Speaking at the […]
CNN — As an uneasy truce between Israel and Hezbollah offers the Lebanese a desperately needed reprieve, Palestinians in Gaza feel abandoned, even as the US pushes for a renewed effort to . . .
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U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein held talks with Lebanese officials in Beirut on Tuesday about a possible cease-fire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. Hochstein, a senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, arrived in Beirut a day after the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah reportedly gave a positive response to a U.S. draft proposal to end the 13-month […]
As the dust settles from Israel’s latest military strikes against Iran, analysts and former diplomats say one thing is clear: Israel, for better or worse, is dictating events in the Middle East. The United States has been relegated to the role of wing man, as its ally wages war on multiple fronts. That is a […]
Daylight has broken in Iran after several hours of Israeli airstrikes. The Israeli military said the strikes, which have now concluded, were in retaliation for Iran’s ballistic missile barrages on Israel earlier this month and in April. Israel’s military has warned . . .