Report: US puts Lebanese file on front burner

The Lebanese file has been put on the front burner after the United States reactivated its role in the region in light of the raging Israel-Hamas war, a media report said on Wednesday.

Moreover, U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein’s latest visit to Beirut was not only aimed at keeping Lebanon away from what is happening in Gaza, but also reflected “a key side of the U.S. administration’s approach in terms of putting Lebanon’s file on the front burner,” al-Akhbar newspaper reported.

“For the first time in several years, Lebanon has returned to the scope of official U.S. attention,” the daily quoted sources from the Vatican, the Lebanese lobby in Washington and Catholic circles close to President Joe Biden as saying.

“This attention is still in its initial phase, after the Gaza war expedited it,” and “agreements” over the country’s political crisis will eventually be sought, al-Akhbar added.