Overview

• Special envoy Thomas Barrack told Lebanese leaders Washington “has no business” compelling Israel to stop military actions or withdraw troops
• The U.S. proposed last month a plan tying full Hezbollah disarmament within four months to an end of Israeli airstrikes and troop pullback in southern Lebanon
• Lebanese officials have asked Washington to act as a security guarantor for Israeli compliance, a role Barrack says the U.S. cannot fulfill
• Barrack is on his third trip to Beirut this month to press the roadmap, which also covers economic reforms and improved ties with Syria
• Both Israel and Hezbollah continue to accuse each other of breach­ing the U.S.-brokered truce even as Hezbollah has handed over some weapons to the Lebanese army