Morgan Ortagus, U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East, during a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam (not pictured) in Beirut, on April 5, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Azakir/Reuters)
Morgan Ortagus — deputy to U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and lead on the Lebanese dossier within the Trump administration — should soon leave her post, according to reports from Israeli Channel 14. As the diplomat is due to visit the region soon, the media described her departure as "bad news for Israel" due to her support for efforts to disarm Hezbollah, which does not favor Ortagus. This decision could be linked to Ortagus' remarks last month, when she indicated from Doha that resorting to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to pull Lebanon out of crisis "is not the only solution," but merely an "option," at a time when many in Lebanon are seeking to avoid an agreement with the IMF to maintain their own interests.According to our information, this stance caused a storm in Washington, forcing Ortagus to...
Morgan Ortagus — deputy to U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and lead on the Lebanese dossier within the Trump administration — should soon leave her post, according to reports from Israeli Channel 14. As the diplomat is due to visit the region soon, the media described her departure as "bad news for Israel" due to her support for efforts to disarm Hezbollah, which does not favor Ortagus. This decision could be linked to Ortagus' remarks last month, when she indicated from Doha that resorting to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to pull Lebanon out of crisis "is not the only solution," but merely an "option," at a time when many in Lebanon are seeking to avoid an agreement with the IMF to maintain their own interests.According to our information, this stance caused a storm in Washington, forcing Ortagus...
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