The United States said Thursday’s resignation of Saad Hariri as Lebanon’s prime minister-designate was “disappointing.” “It is critical that a government committed and able to implement priority reforms be formed now,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said after Hariri abandoned his efforts to form a government nine months after accepting ...
US Secretary of State Blinken spoke on Thursday with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and discussed “the need to improve Israeli-Palestinian relations in practical ways,” the State Department said in a statement. “They also shared opinions on opportunities to deepen normalization efforts as well as on regional security issues, including ...
