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From the Liveblog of
Sunday, September 1, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, September 1, 2019
France engaged in ‘multiple contacts’ to quell Israel-Hezbollah tensions
France is engaged in “multiple contacts” aimed at averting an escalation of hostilities on Lebanon’s southern border between Hezbollah and the Israel Defense Forces, the French foreign ministry says Sunday.
Earlier, Lebanon’s prime minister urged the United States and France to “intervene” after the Hezbollah movement traded cross-border fire with Israel.Prime Minister Saad Hariri contacted US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and French President Emmanuel Macron’s diplomatic adviser to ask for intervention by their countries “and the international community in facing the developments on the southern border,” Hariri’s office said in a statement.
— AFP
