US envoy calls for diplomatic solution between Israel and Hezbollah
US special envoy Amos Hochstein has reiterated his country's call for a diplomatic solution to the conflict between Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah militia and Israel. "We need to find a diplomatic solution that will allow for the Lebanese people to return to their homes in south Lebanon ... as the people of Israel need to be able to return to their homes in their north," Hochstein told reporters in Beirut following a meeting with House Speaker Nabih Berri. Lebanese caretaker prime minister Nagi