Lebanese delegates head to Washington talks armed with dossier of Israeli violations

BEIRUT: Lebanon and Israel will open the third round of preliminary negotiations on Thursday in Washington under US sponsorship. Weeks of political and diplomatic maneuvering by Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun, channeled through American interlocutors, have failed to firmly lock in a stable truce. The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, first reached during last month’s inaugural preliminary session and later extended by three weeks, had been set by Beirut as a non-negotiable precondition before any substantive talks could begin.

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