Beirut, Lebanon, April 27, 2026 (AFP) - Lebanon president hits back at Hezbollah over Israel talks criticism

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2026-04-27

Lebanon's president said Monday direct negotiations with Israel aimed to end the Israel-Hezbollah war, adding that those who dragged Lebanon to war were the ones committing "treason" -- a jab at Hezbollah, whose leader called the talks a "sin". Lebanon and Israel's US ambassadors met twice in Washington over the past weeks, the first meetings of their kind in decades, for discussions that were categorically rejected by Hezbollah. After the first......

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