Beirut hopes to gain Trump support to bring 'normality' back to south Lebanon

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is set to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on July 21, as Beirut's military moved into an area of the south under a deal with Israel to disarm Hezbollah. The pilot 'safe zones' comses as Lebanon is under pressure to prove that it can and will disarm Iran-backed Hezbollah, which Israel has set as a precondition for ending its occupation in southern Lebanon. FRANCE 24's Renée Davis tells us more from Beirut.

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