Aoun departs for Washington to meet Trump
President Joseph Aoun on Saturday left Beirut for Washington, where he is expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, the Lebanese presidency said, after talks between Lebanon and Israel wrapped up in Italy.
Aoun will hold discussions "with several American officials on the situation in Lebanon and ways to strengthen the ceasefire," particularly in Lebanon's south, as well as on "the withdrawal of Israel from the Lebanese regions it occupies," the presidency said.
18 July 2026, 16:40
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Naharnet gave us thorough news about the president’s plan…good job
19 July 2026, 13:36
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Thank you for separating Iran/US deal from Lebanon/Israel. Now everyone realizes how our people returned to their homes in the south, Israel stopped greatly its war machine.
19 July 2026, 20:50
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Once the agreement is reached and Lebanese people are once again able to visit with their relatives who remained in Israel and go to the holy sites of Islam, Druze and Christianity in Israel, they will realise just how much they have missed out on over the wasted years of enmity.
20 July 2026, 02:35
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And Israel too will realise what they have missed out on in the land of the biblical Cedars Phillipo.
