Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian’s scheduled visit to Beirut. Hochstein in Beirut for cease-fire monitoring committee meeting: U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut yesterday to chair the third meeting of the cease-fire monitoring committee. Hochstein also met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Lebanese Army Commander-in-Chief Gen. Joseph Aoun. Key Context: Lebanon and Israel have traded accusations of cease-fire violations, the former condemning continued Israeli attacks which have killed more than 30 people since the truce took hold and the latter claiming that Hezbollah was still present in the border region — and threatening...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian’s scheduled visit to Beirut. Hochstein in Beirut for cease-fire monitoring committee meeting: U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut yesterday to chair the third meeting of the cease-fire monitoring committee. Hochstein also met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Lebanese Army Commander-in-Chief Gen. Joseph Aoun. Key Context: Lebanon and Israel have traded accusations of cease-fire violations, the former condemning continued Israeli attacks which have killed more than 30 people since the truce took hold and the latter claiming that Hezbollah was still present in the border region — and...