AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoSouthern Lebanon Front: Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem rejected the U.S.-mediated Lebanon-Israel framework, calling it “Israeli dictates” and saying the resistance will not surrender, while Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on Wadi Adshit–Al-Qusayr and Al-Mansouri and fired flares over Houla and Wadi Saluki, as Lebanon’s leaders push for a clear timetable for withdrawal. Diplomacy vs. escalation: Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met U.S. officials to press for Israel to stop destruction, expand pilot areas, and set a withdrawal schedule; Speaker Nabih Berri said demolitions, fires and heritage damage continue. Regional energy talks: Lebanese officials met an Iraqi delegation in Beirut to revive the Kirkuk-Tripoli oil pipeline, with Lebanon preparing to act as an initial storage and re-export hub. Lebanon’s legal shift: Parliament’s abolition of the death penalty continues to ripple through regional debate. Sports/Arab football: Lebanon joined Arab federations backing FIFA president Gianni Infantino amid an ongoing FIFA leadership revolt.
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