US-facilitated Israel-Lebanon talks have begun, says State Department
The US-backed plan would hand security to the Lebanese army as Israel tests withdrawals in designated areas, with Hezbollah’s disarmament still unresolved.
- On Tuesday, Israel and Lebanon opened a seventh round of US-mediated talks in Rome, with Beirut seeking phased Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
- Negotiators are building on the June 26 framework agreement, which outlined a sequenced process for Israeli withdrawal and Lebanese military deployment into designated pilot zones.
- Joining the Lebanese delegation led by former ambassador Simon Karam, the US delegation of 15 officials from the State Department, National Security Council, and Pentagon met to finalize pilot zone guidelines.
- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem denounced the talks on Tuesday, calling them a source of "shame, humiliation, and successive compromises," while Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam pursues "efforts towards successive Israeli withdrawals."
- Amid ongoing Israeli strikes, progress faces obstacles from Hezbollah's refusal to disarm, though US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa urged caution, warning that moving "too quickly risks jeopardising the very civilians this process is meant to protect.
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Israeli military carries out explosion in Lebanons Haddatha - The Tribune
The Israeli military carried out an explosion in the southern Lebanese town of Haddatha on Tuesday (local time), as Israel and Lebanon began a new round of negotiations in Rome aimed at advancing a US-backed framework for de-escalation along the border.
Hezbollah Signals Openness to Dialogue with Syria’s New Leadership
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said Tuesday that the group is open to holding an official meeting with Syria’s new leadership whenever both sides deem the timing appropriate. Speaking during a televised address marking Arbaeen commemorations in the Lebanese city of Baalbek, Qassem underscored the strategic bond between the two neighboring countries. “A stable Syria represents support for Lebanon, just as a stable Lebanon represents supp…
Seventh round of Lebanon-Israel talks begins in Rome to implement framework agreement
Rome, Aug. 4 (SANA) The seventh round of US-brokered Lebanon-Israel negotiations began on Tuesday in Rome, focusing on files related to implementing the framework agreement signed between the two countries in Washington in June, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported. The talks, which run through Aug. 6 at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, bring together political and military delegations from both sides, along with a legal adviser and a land-surveying…
The talks seek to advance the disarmament of Hezbollah, the withdrawal of Israeli troops and a future peace and security agreement
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