Israel's ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, described the fifth round of US-mediated ceasefire negotiations with Lebanon as a “train wreck” in a statement on Tuesday.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun says the US-backed round could be decisive but insists Beirut will accept nothing less than the end of Israel’s presence in southern Lebanon, while…

New round of direct negotiations opens amid uncertainty over how it will intersect with deconfliction mechanism negotiated in Switzerland