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Cairo extends support to Hariri in coordination with US, France Cairo s chances of influencing the current situation in Lebanon are rather limited in the absence of effective political tools. Thursday 04/02/2021 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi receives Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri in Cairo, February 3, 2021. (presidency.eg) CAIRO/ BEIRUT - Arab diplomatic sources linked the visit of Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to Cairo and his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday to Egypt s ongoing coordination with France and the US to push for the formation of a government in Lebanon. Hariri’s visit to Cairo coincided with efforts made by US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea to expedite the formation of the cabinet. On Wednesday, Shea visited Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai in Bkerke near Beirut to impress upon him the need to form a Lebanese government as soon as possible. ....
Wednesday, 27 January, 2021 - 11:30 Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun meets with US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon January 26, 2021. (NNA) Beirut - Asharq Al-Awsat The visit of US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea, to President Michel Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday revived the file of the negotiations on the demarcation of the maritime borders with Israel, which were halted in December. Well-informed ministerial sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that Shea discussed with the Lebanese officials pending files, mainly the border demarcation. The United States seeks to assume the role of mediator and facilitator of the indirect negotiations, which were launched on Oct. 14. ....
4 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to tighten sanctions on Tehran during its final months in power, the top U.S. envoy on Iran said on Wednesday, as he urged President-elect Joe Biden to use the leverage to press for a deal that reduces the regional and nuclear threats posed by the Islamic republic. FILE PHOTO: Elliott Abrams speaks during a news conference at the State Department, in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2020. Andrew Harnik/ Pool via REUTERS/File Photo U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Elliott Abrams, praising Biden’s National Security Adviser and nominee for Secretary of State as “terrific people”, cautioned against repeating what he saw as former President Barack Obama’s mistakes in negotiating the 2015 nuclear deal. President Donald Trump left that deal unilaterally two years ago. ....
Will Biden be Obama redux for the Middle East? In-depth: Recent normalization between Israel and parts of the Arab world – borne largely out fear of Iranian influence – means the new president and his foreign policy team are returning to a region very changed from just four years ago The Media Line | Published: 01.16.21 , 22:40 Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed last week that he has met with his designated successor, Antony Blinken. Both have been trusted, loyal confidantes of their respective bosses. And after Pompeo and his boss Donald Trump made it their stated mission to tear apart the foreign policy of the president s predecessor Barack Obama, President-elect Joe Biden and Blinken have been clear that much of those new policies will be obliterated in short order – except, perhaps, in the Middle East. ....
8 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) -During a private dinner in Paris last month, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Washington was unhappy with France’s strategy to include Iran-backed Hezbollah in efforts to resolve the economic and political crisis in Lebanon. FILE PHOTO: A soldier stands at the devastated site of the explosion at the port of Beirut, Lebanon August 6, 2020. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo French President Emmanuel Macron has been spearheading international efforts to rescue the former French protectorate from its deepest crisis since its 1975-1990 civil war. He has travelled twice to Lebanon since a huge explosion at the Beirut port in August devastated the city. ....