Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (L) meets with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the speaker's residence in Beirut on July 2, 2026. (AFP)
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (R) shaking hands with Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of US CENTCOM, during a meeting at the presidential palace on June 29, 2026. (AFP)
The Lebanese flag flutters as residents cool off in the Mediterranean Sea in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on June 23, 2026, days after the city saw numerous Israeli military strikes.
Vehicles drive past billboards that read in Arabic, "Lebanon first," one of which has been set on fire along Beirut's airport road near Tehran-backed Hezbollah's stronghold, June 28, 2026. (AFP)
