{"id":5399,"date":"2026-07-21T06:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5399"},"modified":"2026-07-21T06:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:33:33","slug":"lebanons-president-will-meet-with-trump-in-washington-to-push-for-israeli-troop-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/lebanons-president-will-meet-with-trump-in-washington-to-push-for-israeli-troop-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon\u2019s president will meet with Trump in Washington to push for Israeli troop withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 Lebanon\u2019s president will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday to wrap up a four-day visit to Washington, in a bid to bring about long-term calm in the war-torn country after months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5397\">\u2018Like a snake shedding its skin\u2019: Red Sox players explain how they turned their season around<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Joseph Aoun\u2019s landmark meeting with Trump comes as Lebanon and Israel continue to hold rare direct talks mediated by Washington. Lebanon hopes they will result in Israeli troops withdrawing from large swaths of southern Lebanon that they currently occupy, and for the Lebanese military to receive support to assert full control in areas where Hezbollah militants had held sway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lebanon and Israel announced a \u201cframework agreement\u201d on June 26, setting a plan for Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon as well as the disarmament of Hezbollah, which for decades had a strong presence in the area. It also lays out steps toward an eventual peace agreement between both countries, which have never held formal diplomatic ties and have been nominally in a state of war for nearly 80 years after Israel\u2019s establishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The U.S. State Department announced Monday that operations in three villages deemed part of a \u201cpilot zone\u201d had begun, without giving details on what that entailed. The three villages, Froun, Srifa and Zawtar al-Gharbieh, are not under Israeli military control. Neither Lebanon\u2019s nor Israel\u2019s militaries and political leadership immediately issued statements following the announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Rubio says US will continue to support framework agreement<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Aoun met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday, who said Washington will continue to endorse the Lebanese agreement and support the agreement\u2019s full implementation. Rubio described the meeting as \u201cvery positive\u201d and warned that Lebanon will \u201cnever be fully at peace\u201d as long as the Hezbollah issue is not resolved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHow do you replace Hezbollah? You defeat and replace them with a government that is strong enough to be the sole force of arms in the country,\u201d Rubio said after the meeting. Skeptics in Lebanon fear that a military confrontation with Hezbollah could lead to a civil war, as government officials have also urged for investment into the country\u2019s battered infrastructure to empower the weakened state, which Rubio echoed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is not just about military stuff,\u201d he added. \u201dThis is about how can we attract more U.S. and international investment into Lebanon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5395\">US and Iran dig in over the Strait of Hormuz, showing the limits of intensifying airstrikes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Lebanese military last week increased its presence in some of the areas expected to be included in the pilot zone, including the three villages, with troops patrolling and setting up checkpoints. Though recent talks in Rome have signaled that the agreement\u2019s implementation will begin soon, Israeli troops have not withdrawn from the areas under control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Israeli officials, meanwhile, have said they plan to keep forces long term in a \u201csecurity zone\u201d in southern Lebanon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hezbollah has dismissed the direct talks brokered by the United States and instead backed Washington\u2019s talks with their key ally and patron Iran to end their war, which also includes ending the war in Lebanon as a condition to bring back calm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lebanon\u2019s government came to power on a reformist platform in early 2025, vowing to disarm all non-state groups including Hezbollah. It blames Hezbollah for dragging the country into another war with Israel in March when the militant group fired several rockets toward northern Israel after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Beirut\u2019s leadership, however, has been critical of Israel\u2019s subsequent ground invasion and massive aerial campaign in the country, which killed over 4,000 people and displaced 1.2 million others. While grappling with stark political opposition from Hezbollah and allies within the deeply divided country, Lebanon\u2019s leadership insists that Israeli withdrawal and international financial support for Lebanon\u2019s cash-strapped army is crucial for a sustainable security solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5394\">Arizona Republicans pick nominees Tuesday for governor and other top offices<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Aoun\u2019s landmark meeting with President Trump comes as Lebanon and Israel continue to hold rare direct talks mediated by Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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