Lebanon and Israel conclude round of talks on IDF withdrawal

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Source: France 24

Syria said on July 19 it had foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon by seizing a shipment that included missiles at its border with Iraq. It comes after US President Donald Trump floated the idea of Syria intervening in Lebanon against the armed groupn, and amid talks between Beirut and Tel Aviv in Rome over the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the south of Lebanon. FRANCE 24's Renée Davis tells us more.

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