NYTIMES (Christina Goldbaum) - Lebanon’s Efforts to Tame Hezbollah Stall Amid Israel War
President Joseph Aoun took office with a popular mandate to reassert control after the militant group dragged the country back into war with Israel.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - LIVE: Trump holds bilateral meeting with Lebanon's president as Middle East conflict escalates
Watch live as President Trump meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - LIVE: Trump holds bilateral meeting with Lebanon's president as Middle East conflict escalates
Watch live as President Trump meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House.
YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - TRUMP: We'll be hitting any Iran site where they could be thinking about nuclear
President Donald Trump and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun speak about Iran, and disarming Hezbollah during a meeting in the Oval Office.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Trump meets with Lebanese president amid tensions over Iran, Hezbollah and Israel
The crisis in Lebanon will move center stage Tuesday as Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is scheduled to meet President Trump at the White House. The confab will be a vital one for Aoun as he seeks to drain support away from Hezbollah while also showing that he can be trusted to stand up to Israel. Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5979365-trump-lebanon-president-meeting/ #Lebanon #Trump #Iran #IranWar #Israel #Netanyahu
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Watch live: Trump meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun
President Trump is holding a bilateral meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday morning, the first time a Lebanese head of state has made a White House visit since 2009. Trump lauded the Lebanese nation and its people as he opened his meeting in the Oval Office. #trump #lebanon #josephaoun
AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Trump hosts Lebanon's president as Israel begins first pullback
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday — a sitdown that comes as the Israeli military begins its first withdrawal from Lebanon under a U.S.-brokered agreement . Why it matters: The Trump administration is politically invested in strengthening Aoun, isolating Hezbollah and pushing for an Israeli-Lebanese peace agreement. - Aoun, the first Lebanese president to visit the White House since 2009, wants political support from Trump, military assistance for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and U.S. pressure on the Netanyahu government to continue its gradual withdrawal from areas it occupies in southern Lebanon. Driving the news: On Monday, the State Department announced that Israel is starting…
AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Behind the scenes: How shared fear of Iran led to an Israel-Lebanon deal
This story is based on conversations with six U.S., Israeli and Lebanese sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations. Four days of nonstop negotiations in Washington this week between the Israeli and Lebanese governments were propelled by one clear shared interest: weakening the influence of Hezbollah and Iran in Lebanon, according to U.S., Israeli and Lebanese officials. Why it matters: The framework brokered by the Trump administration is the most significant political agreement between Israel and Lebanon in four decades — but all parties involved know the vision of peace it lays out may never materialize. - Mixed with the skepticism is deep concern that the deal could lead to a violent response from Hezbollah that could throw…
AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Israel and Lebanon expected to sign framework agreement
Israel and Lebanon plan to sign a framework agreement on Friday after four days of negotiations in Washington, mediated by the Trump administration, Israeli and Lebanese officials told Axios. Why it matters: The signing is a significant diplomatic breakthrough, but it's unclear how much of it can be implemented as long as Hezbollah is still armed and influential in the country. Breaking it down: The framework agreement describes a path for a future peace agreement and includes immediate steps on the ground the parties will take. - One such step is the launching of two "pilot projects" where the Israeli military is to withdraw from small areas it currently occupies and the Lebanese army is to deploy there. - One of those areas is north…
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - Ceasefire Day 59: Iran Says ‘Warning Missiles’ Fired at U.S. Ships
State of the Union: U.S. Central Command denied Tehran’s claims. The post Ceasefire Day 59: Iran Says ‘Warning Missiles’ Fired at U.S. Ships appeared first on The American Conservative .
Tehran said it fired “warning missiles” and drones at U.S. navy vessels in the Gulf of Oman on Friday, on the 59th day of the tenuous ceasefire to the Iran War. U.S. Central Command called reports that Iranian forces attacked or fired at U.S. Navy warships “false,” adding that “doing so would be a gross violation of the ceasefire.” Iran’s Quds Force and IRGC military apparatus issued separate statements Thursday tying the end of the Iran War to a full Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. Iran has said that it would suspend indirect peace negotiations with the U.S. over the issue. In an interview with CNN Friday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun criticized Iran for conditioning an end to the Iran War on the cessation of…Open