February 23, 2025 Meet the Middle East

Lebanon not battleground for 'wars of others', leader tells Iran

Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun told a visiting Iranian delegation on Sunday that the war-scarred country was "tired" of external conflicts playing out on its territory.The high-level delegation was in Beirut for the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, the slain leader of Tehran-backed Hezbollah which fought a war with Israel last year that ended in a November truce."Lebanon has grown tired of the wars of others on its land," Aoun told the Iranian officials according to a statement shared by the newly appointed president, a former army chief seen as close to the West.
Source: Al Monitor
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