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Aoun Urges US Support as Lebanon Framework Advances

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Aoun Urges US Support as Lebanon Framework Advances

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Washington to keep backing Lebanon after the US-backed framework with Israel, which aims to end hostilities after the latest Israel-Hezbollah war. The deal calls for Hezbollah's disarmament, gradual Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and Lebanese army deployment, starting with two pilot areas; Hezbollah rejects it. Aoun's July 4 message praised Trump's regional-stability efforts and asked continued support for Lebanon's institutions, army and people. For Israel, the useful signal is the same: diplomacy is moving only when Hezbollah's Iranian weapons monopoly is treated as the obstacle to peace.

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