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A better deal can always be had. The question is whether the deal on the table serves the country’s long-term interests, even if it is not perfect.

Lebanon has slid downhill since the Beirut Port explosion. It now has a chance to take some baby steps toward turning things around.

American mediator Amos Hochstein will arrive this Sunday evening in Lebanon. The fate of the maritime border demarcation file should appear by next week, and thus the shape of the next stage will be determined.

Lebanon's proposal offers compromise on maritime border row with Israel, backtracking on previous demands

BEIRUT: On Monday, a few hours before the arrival of Amos Hochstein, the US mediator in the indirect negotiations to demarcate the maritime borders between Lebanon and Israel, President Michel Aoun confirmed to the UN Special Coordinator in Lebanon Joanna Wronecka that the “Lebanese side will inform Hochstein of a unified stance regarding the proposals to resume these

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said isolating Hezbollah will lead to civil war in Lebanon. In an interview with Asas news site, Aoun said: Isolating Hezbollah means a civil war. Regardin...

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israels diplomatic reporter Signs shows the distances of Beirut and Jerusalem, that set at a road that links to a UNIFIL base where the Lebanese and Israeli delegations meet, in Naqoura, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (AP/Hussein Malla) Looking out from the limestone cliffs of Rosh Hanikra, the tiny “island” of Tekheilet is barely visible, a rocky outcropping just barely kissing the waveline a kilometer from Israel’s shoreline at the country’s northern front...

Muslim Brotherhood’s true colors on display as Arab Islamist party joins Jewish nationalists in Israeli coalition Mansour Abbas-led United Arab List’s decision marks the first time an Arab party will serve in an Israeli government Analysts see the move as another example of a Muslim Brotherhood-inspired party putting power before principles Updated 05 June 2021 June 04, 2021 23:20 DUBAI: To govern is to choose, they say. Mansour Abbas, leader of Israel’s United Arab List, is likely to fa...

Updated Apr 12, 2021 | 13:37 IST The US has long been seen as the only country capable of brokering a deal. Its interest for doing so would be to undercut the influence of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. File picture: An Israeli soldier walks past a sign reads Israeli Police Rosh Hanikra point in the Rosh Hanikra border crossing between Israel and Lebanon in northern Israel&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspAP Lebanon’s economy is in tatters. Still, the country might be sa...