BEIRUT, June 5 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accused Iran of using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in its negotiations with the United States on Friday, in some of his toughest criticism yet of Tehran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah as it wages war with Israel.In a CNN interview, Aoun said "the people of Lebanon are paying the price ... for the sake" of Iran's interests, and were "fed up" with war between Israel and Hezbollah - comments reflecting deep divisions along Lebanon's confessional and political faultlines.

Although Iran’s leverage prevented an Israeli attack on Beirut, analysts say outcome has only preserved the status quo on the ground

Lebanon, home to millennia of human history, is being flattened as it is being used as a bargaining chip in the US-Iran standoff. President Donald Trump this week halted an…

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire brokered by the United States. This development offers hope for de-escalation in the ongoing conflict with Iran. Recent days saw…