Lebanon’s president heads to DC to meet Trump; first White House meet since 2009
Aoun will seek U.S. backing for a June ceasefire framework that calls for Hezbollah’s disarmament and a phased Israeli troop withdrawal, officials said.
- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun departed Beirut on Saturday for Washington to meet President Donald Trump, seeking US support to strengthen the ceasefire and secure Israeli withdrawal from occupied Lebanese regions.
- Following a June 26 framework agreement in Washington, Israel and Lebanon agreed on structure and guidelines for pilot zones during Rome talks this week, requiring Lebanese army deployment as Israeli forces withdraw.
- Violence persists despite the truce, with Israeli strikes reported in Tyre and Nabatieh on Saturday and a Lebanese soldier killed in Mansouri; Hezbollah buried 44 people in Majdal Selm.
- The US Embassy warned Americans not to travel to Lebanon, citing "high tensions in the Middle East," as this marks the first Lebanese head of state visit to Washington since Michel Sleiman met Barack Obama in 2009.
- Hezbollah reiterated its rejection of the disarmament contingency central to the framework, holding a rally in Tyre on Saturday that underscores uncertainty surrounding the ceasefire negotiations.
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