Washington won’t confront Hezbollah, Israel to remain in Lebanon – Middle East Monitor

The US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, Thomas Barrack said Monday that Washington will not intervene militarily against Hezbollah and confirmed that Israel will remain in the areas it occupies in southern Lebanon.

In press remarks, Barrack said Israel will not withdraw from the five contested points it captured in the last war. “We will not act against Hezbollah, whether through our forces or through US Central Command,” he stated.

The envoy…