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U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein is set to attend a presidential election session in Lebanon on January 9, as reported by LBCI. According to the media outlet, Hochstein assured Speaker Nabih Berri that he would participate after receiving an invitation during a phone conversation. Berri had previously announced his intention to invite both Arab and foreign ambassadors to the presidential election …

U.S. Major General Jasper Jeffers from the Special Operations Command Central arrived in Beirut on November 27 to take up his role as co-chair of the mechanism overseeing the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Lebanon. He will work alongside Senior Advisor to the President, Amos Hochstein, according to U.S. Central Command. This mechanism, established to monitor and enforce the …

Hezbollah announced that its leader, Sheikh Naim Qassem, is set to deliver a speech on Wednesday. This comes a day after a previously scheduled address was canceled and as U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein continues efforts in Beirut to mediate an end to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. The Iran-backed group confirmed the speech would take place later in …

U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein visited Lebanon on Wednesday to negotiate a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah as the conflict between the two escalated in southern Lebanon. The United States and France have led efforts to mediate a truce in the war, which intensified in late September after nearly a year of deadly exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel. Israel has …