New developments following the election of Western-backed Joseph Aoun as president perhaps offer hope for generating political momentum and restoring the international community's confidence in Lebanon.
French President Emmanuel Macron will fly to Lebanon on Friday for a one-day visit to show support for the country's new leadership and work towards preventing Hezbollah's rearmament, two months after France and the US brokered a ceasefire between the group and Israel,
French President Emmanuel Macron promised his Lebanese presidential counterpart Joseph Aoun that ‘France will remain by your side” as he pledged financial aid to help rebuild Lebanon while also
French President Emmanuel Macron is anticipated to arrive in Beirut this Friday. The visit comes amid ongoing political developments in Lebanon, including the recent appointment of Nawaf Salam as Prime Minister-designate and heightened discussions about the country's economic and political reforms.
Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Lebanon, his first in more than four years, follows a 60-day ceasefire deal that aims to end the Israel-Hezbollah war. #EuropeNews
French leader Emmanuel Macron is due to visit Lebanon on Friday, both countries said, in the second such trip by a head of state since Lebanon elected a president last week.
The Israeli military also moved into dozens of new positions across southern Lebanon in the first 40 days of the ceasefire.
France's president said Friday that Paris will soon host an aid conference to help rebuild Lebanon after the Israel-Hezbollah war last year, as he visited Beirut in a show of support for Lebanon's new leaders.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday called for efforts to bolster the fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement during his visit to Beirut. Speaking in the Lebanese capital,
France’s president began a visit to Lebanon Friday, where he will meet the crisis-hit country’s newly elected leaders, as the nation attempts to recover from the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war.
Major airlines are planning to reinstate flights to the Middle East following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Over the last 15 months of conflict, several Western carriers pulled out of flights to Israel, Jordan and Lebanon as missile attacks closed skies over Iraq and Iran in unpredictable airspace.