Aoun, Salam continuing efforts to halt war despite deadlock
President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam are determined to continue their contacts, hoping that will lead to international intervention to halt the fighting in south Lebanon, ministerial sources said.
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa meanwhile traveled to Washington for the Easter holiday and also to follow up on efforts to end the conflict on the Iranian front, the sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.
He had previously told Lebanese state officials that disarming Hezbollah is a prerequisite for pressuring Israel to cease fire.
The sources also confirmed that Aoun remains steadfast in his call for direct negotiations with Israel.
"He seizes every opportunity to reiterate his position, aiming to convey to the international community that Lebanon refuses to have its fate tied to Iran, and that there is no alternative to the diplomatic option of negotiating with Israel," the sources added.
02 April 2026, 16:14
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.. and yet, Qassem and Raad walk about as free men, the Iranian ambassador remains in Lebanon, and missiles and drones armed with explosives fly from Lebanon's soil at the behest of Lebanese residents who are reporting to Iranian military commanders intending to damage nearby countries.
Mr. President, please do your job.
02 April 2026, 21:29
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Is our Army not patriotic to Lebanon or is it patriotic to their sectarian beliefs and not their country. For the love of god people look around you and see what Iran has done to Lebanon. Selling your soul to an Iranian over protecting your homeland. Pity is that is the reason the army is not willing to fight for Lebanon. Worried that it will start a civil war. Lebanese army fighting Hezbollah is not a civil war, (Hezbollah is not Lebanon its Iran and not Arabic it Iranian) it’s INDEPENDENCE for Lebanon and the end of the 1979 civil war.
If the Lebanese army soldiers want to fight with Hezbollah, then send them out to be slaughtered by Israel.
