Report: Ortagus to press Lebanon on Hezbollah in upcoming visit

U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus will preside over the meeting of the Mechanism ceasefire committee in her visit to Lebanon in the next few days, informed sources said.

“She will stress the need for Lebanon’s full commitment to the ceasefire agreement, through Hezbollah’s withdrawal from the South Litani area, the handover of all its arms to the Lebanese state, and the halt of all its military activities, in order to avoid any possible Israeli military action,” the sources told the PSP’s al-Anbaa news portal.

“The region has entered a new phase based on the ‘peace by force’ principle and Lebanon must meet this transformation and avoid descending into a destructive war that (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu is looking for,” the sources added.