When asked Thursday about the fate of the U.S.-brokered "framework agreement" between Lebanon and Israel, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri offered "his condolences." The reaction may have been dramatic, but circles close to Ain al-Tineh say they are convinced the agreement is effectively frozen for an indefinite period because of the difficulties surrounding its implementation.In that regard, a meeting between U.S. Central Command official Gen. Brad Cooper and Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Rodolph Haykal is said to have been decisive. Cooper was accompanied by Gen. Joseph Clearfield, head of the committee overseeing the so-called "mechanism" and a potential leader of the new "military coordination group" envisioned under the framework agreement. On the flip-side For 'sovereignists,' the framework...
When asked Thursday about the fate of the U.S.-brokered "framework agreement" between Lebanon and Israel, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri offered "his condolences." The reaction may have been dramatic, but circles close to Ain al-Tineh say they are convinced the agreement is effectively frozen for an indefinite period because of the difficulties surrounding its implementation.In that regard, a meeting between U.S. Central Command official Gen. Brad Cooper and Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Rodolph Haykal is said to have been decisive. Cooper was accompanied by Gen. Joseph Clearfield, head of the committee overseeing the so-called "mechanism" and a potential leader of the new "military coordination group" envisioned under the framework agreement. On the flip-side For 'sovereignists,' the framework...
