Sources close to the Lebanese presidency told The National on Thursday that Lebanon has accepted an American invitation for direct talks with Israel, to be held in Rome next week.
One of the sources told The National that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun initially rejected the invitation because he wanted the talks to be held in Washington, where Israel and Lebanon held historic meetings last month.
The Times of Israel (TOI) reported on Wednesday that Israeli officials want more time to prepare the pilot zones and also seek more assurances that the Lebanese Army units will be carefully vetted to weed out Hezbollah supporters – possibly with the…
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