Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Feb. 7, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:Progress on government formation in Lebanon.The first U.S. delegation to Lebanon under the new Trump administration.Efforts to implement the cease-fire in Lebanon and the Lebanese army deploys in the south.The continued fallout from Trump's call for the U.S. to take over Gaza and expel its Palestinian population. Still no consensus on cabinet lineup after Berri, Aoun and Salam meeting: The upcoming cabinet’s composition remains undetermined, now held up, a source familiar with the negotiations and a source close to Hezbollah told L’Orient Today, over the executives’ picks for a fifth Shiite minister alongside the Amal Movement and Hezbollah’s nominees. The same day, a senior U.S. administration...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Feb. 7, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:Progress on government formation in Lebanon.The first U.S. delegation to Lebanon under the new Trump administration.Efforts to implement the cease-fire in Lebanon and the Lebanese army deploys in the south.The continued fallout from Trump's call for the U.S. to take over Gaza and expel its Palestinian population. Still no consensus on cabinet lineup after Berri, Aoun and Salam meeting: The upcoming cabinet’s composition remains undetermined, now held up, a source familiar with the negotiations and a source close to Hezbollah told L’Orient Today, over the executives’ picks for a fifth Shiite minister alongside the Amal Movement and Hezbollah’s nominees. The same day, a senior U.S....