Trump Pledges Aid to Lebanon, Restores Direct Flights After 40-Year Ban
During a White House meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, President Donald Trump pledged to help Lebanon 'a lot' and announced the restoration of direct U.S. airline flights to Lebanon for the first time since 1985, when the route was suspended after the TWA Flight 847 hijacking. The meeting, the first by a Lebanese president since 2009, focused on securing long-term calm after months of war between Israel and Hezbollah. Trump also discussed Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon and a framework agreement for Hezbollah disarmament. However, confusion emerged over the implementation of pilot zones for Israeli withdrawal, with conflicting accounts of troop movements and warning shots fired. Trump suggested he could personally speak with Hezbollah and floated the idea of Syrian intervention, though such concepts could embarrass Aoun.
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