Lebanese, US generals meet in Beirut to discuss security and ceasefire

<article data-history-node-id="439459" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanese-us-generals-meet-beirut-discuss-security-and-ceasefire" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanese-us-generals-meet-beirut-discuss-security-and-ceasefire" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Lebanese, US generals meet in Beirut to discuss security and ceasefire</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="538" data-start="322">Lebanon’s army chief Rudolf Haykal has held talks with US General Joseph Clearfield in Beirut, focusing on the country’s security landscape and wider regional developments.</p> <p data-end="690" data-start="540">According to a statement from the Lebanese army, the meeting addressed ongoing tensions and reviewed efforts to stabilise the situation on the ground.</p> <p data-end="817" data-start="692">Clearfield leads a committee tasked with overseeing a US-backed ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed group Hezbollah.</p> </div> </div> </article>