Macron rallies global support, secures $1 billion in aid for Lebanon

On Oct. 24, 2024, the French President organized an international conference on Lebanon, which resulted in an aid package of one billion dollars. At the conference, participants reiterated their call for the implementation of Resolution 1701 and for the Lebanese army to be strengthened.

Jean-Noel Barrot to ‘L'Orient-Le Jour’: No one in the region has an interest in Lebanon's collapse

France's Minister of Foreign Affairs discussed the issues at stake at the conference. Read our exclusive interview with Jean-Noël Barrot.

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Macron's exclusive interview with OLJ: 'The revival we are witnessing in Lebanon is an incredible source of hope'

Why Israel wanted to exclude France from Lebanon’s cease-fire agreement

In November, Israel surprised many by expressing its wish to exclude Paris from the monitoring committee responsible for ensuring the implementation of Resolution 1701. How can this last-minute U-turn be explained, especially since it proved to be temporary with France eventually being reinstated to the committee?

Find out in Jeanine Jalkh’s analysis.

Barrot to L'OLJ: The prerequisite for a lasting cessation of hostilities is the election of a president

France played a key role in brokering the ceasefire agreement that ended two months of violent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Its army also participates alongside the United States, Lebanon, Israel and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon on the committee responsible for ensuring the agreement is respected.

Amid ongoing Israeli violations of the agreement, and with the region's dynamics drastically altered following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, France’s foregin minister, Jean-Noël Barrot embarked on a diplomatic tour of Beirut and Damascus.

Read our exclusive interview with Mr. Barrot, where he called for the election of a president in Lebanon just five days before Joseph Aoun won the election with 99 votes out of 128.