US cannot ‘compel’ Israel to do anything, US special envoy says in Lebanon – Middle East Monitor

Washington cannot “compel” Israel to do anything, U.S. special envoy Thomas Barrack said in Beirut on Monday, in response to a reporter’s question about Lebanese demands that the U.S. guarantees a halt to Israeli strikes on Lebanese territory, Reuters reports.

The U.S. last month proposed a roadmap to Lebanon’s top officials to fully disarm Hezbollah within four months, in exchange for a halt to Israeli strikes and a withdrawal of Israeli troops still…