US EditionUS envoy visits Beirut amid pressure to control Hezbollah and assert Lebanese army authority
- Morgan Ortagus, Deputy U.S. Special Envoy, visited Beirut on Saturday for diplomatic talks.
- Her visit occurred amidst a fragile ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel.
- Ortagus met with Lebanese leaders, including Aoun, Salam, and Berri, for discussions.
- Aoun described his meeting with Ortagus as "constructive", covering security and recovery.
- The U.S. Urges Lebanon to control Hezbollah and prevent arms smuggling near Syria.
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U.S. envoy visits Beirut amid pressure to control Hezbollah and assert Lebanese army authority
A senior U.S. envoy visited Beirut on Saturday amid a fragile ceasefire with Israel and mounting U.S. pressure on Lebanon to rein in the militant Hezbollah group, urging the Lebanese army to assert control over all national territory and prevent arms smuggling along the Syrian border.
US envoy visits Beirut amid pressure to control Hezbollah and assert Lebanese army authority
BEIRUT (AP) — A senior U.S. envoy visited Beirut on Saturday amid a fragile ceasefire with Israel and mounting U.S. pressure on Lebanon to rein in the militant Hezbollah group, urging the Lebanese army to assert control over all national territory and prevent arms smuggling along the Syrian border. Deputy U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus, who has been leading shuttle diplomacy between Lebanon and Israel under U.S. President D…
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Macau BusinessLebanese official says US envoy discussed disarming Hezbollah
BEIRUT: A Lebanese official said Sunday that US deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus discussed disarming Hezbollah without setting a deadline, during her meetings in Beirut a day earlier. Ortagus met on Sunday with Finance Minister Yassine Jaber, Economy Minister Amer Bisat and new central bank governor Karim Souaid, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. The Lebanese official, speaking anonymously as they were not…
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