A photo taken from the Marjayoun region in southern Lebanon on July 31, 2026, shows a thick cloud of silica dust covering the hills in the Arnoun and Shaqif areas near Beaufort Castle after a series of explosions carried out by Israeli occupation forces. (Credit: AFP)
On the eve of the negotiations between Lebanon and Israel — scheduled for Aug. 4-6 in Rome under U.S. mediation — Beirut once again finds itself caught between two fronts. On one side is the diplomatic front, with a seventh round of talks intended to advance the implementation of the framework agreement reached under U.S. auspices. On the other, there is an Israeli military escalation that continues to intensify, to the point of threatening to derail the process before negotiations even begin. More on this from Mounir Lebanon caught between a looming escalation and the high stakes of the Rome talks Indeed, this weekend, Israel carried out a series of demolitions and targeted destructions in several towns in southern Lebanon, in what constitutes one of the most significant waves of violence since the cease-fire took effect in June....
On the eve of the negotiations between Lebanon and Israel — scheduled for Aug. 4-6 in Rome under U.S. mediation — Beirut once again finds itself caught between two fronts. On one side is the diplomatic front, with a seventh round of talks intended to advance the implementation of the framework agreement reached under U.S. auspices. On the other, there is an Israeli military escalation that continues to intensify, to the point of threatening to derail the process before negotiations even begin. More on this from Mounir Lebanon caught between a looming escalation and the high stakes of the Rome talks Indeed, this weekend, Israel carried out a series of demolitions and targeted destructions in several towns in southern Lebanon, in what constitutes one of the most significant waves of violence since the cease-fire took effect in...
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