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July 17, 2026

Lebanon Has a Chance to Push Back against Hizballah, If It Has the Courage

President Aoun talks the talk. Will he walk the walk?

On Tuesday, Lebanon’s president, Joseph Aoun, will meet with Donald Trump at the White House. This will be the first meeting between the two countries’ presidents in Washington since 2009. At issue is whether Aoun will have both the will and the ability to wrest control of south Lebanon from Hizballah. Robert Satloff explains that this meeting will be “a make-or-break moment” for the June 26 agreement among Washington, Beirut, and Jerusalem:

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