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On Thursday, Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati referred to the ceasefire agreement with Israel as a practical step towards implementing U.N. Resolution 1701. He emphasized that the country’s main priority is to achieve long-term stability and elect a new president. Mikati acknowledged that resolving the issue of Hezbollah’s weapons “requires national consensus,” and reiterated the goal of establishing the state …

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 …