BEIRUT: Lebanon is moving along two parallel tracks following the framework agreement it signed with Israel under US sponsorship on June 26, with the stated aim of ending decades of hostility between the two countries. The Lebanese government is pressing ahead with the course set during the fifth round of US-mediated negotiations with Israel, hoping the talks will pave the way for ending Israel’s occupation of the remaining Lebanese territory under its control. Hezbollah, however, is pursuing a different approach.

BEIRUT: Hezbollah’s leader on Saturday criticized a framework agreement that Israel and Lebanon signed a day earlier to end months of conflict between the Iran-backed militant…

The framework agreement signed in Washington on June 26 between the United States, Israel, and Lebanon is being analyzed in most capitals as a diplomatic development. In Lebanon,…

Israel and Lebanon have reached a U.S.-brokered peace framework, aiming for mutual recognition and an end to hostilities. Key points include the gradual disarming of Hezbollah by…