Lebanon-Israel talks on framework agreement held at US State Dept; no breakthrough

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

No breakthrough was announced after Lebanon's ambassador to Washington, Nada Hamada Moawad, met Israeli Ambassador Leiter at the U.S. State Department. The two hour session covered implementation of the framework agreement signed by both countries, IDF activity and withdrawal in southern Lebanon, and possible expansion of the pilot areas. Findings were passed up to the political level ahead of the next negotiating round early next month, per Al-Akhbar, a Lebanese paper aligned with Hezbollah.