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JNews Lebanon<\/strong> has learned from highly placed, sensitive diplomatic sources that Baabda Palace is witnessing rapid preparations for an unannounced, closed-door meeting between President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun and the US Ambassador to Beirut, Michel Issa<\/strong>.
\nRead also Exclusive\u2014The US \u201cBlacklist\u201d Shaking Yarzeh<\/a><\/p>\n

Our exclusive intelligence reveals that Ambassador Issa is carrying the finalized draft logistics and operational schedule for the highly anticipated “July Summit” between President Aoun and US President Donald Trump at the White House. Crucially, sources indicate that the American envoy will explicitly detail the comprehensive field mandates granted to General Joseph Clearfield to direct the new trilateral oversight committee, the MCG4L<\/strong>, straight from the US Embassy compound in Awkar.<\/p>\n

Sources confirm to JNews Lebanon<\/strong> that Baabda aims to secure written American guarantees to prevent any Israeli field blackmail or operational overreach in Southern Lebanon prior to the Lebanese delegation’s departure for Washington\u2014specifically within the initial experimental zones of the Zoutar sector.
\nRead also Exclusive\u2014The Secret of the Next 72 Hours\u2026 A \u201cClassified Meeting\u201d in Beirut: Red Lines Have Erased!<\/a>
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Exclusive to JNews Lebanon JNews Lebanon has learned from highly placed, sensitive diplomatic sources that Baabda Palace is witnessing rapid preparations for an unannounced, closed-door meeting between President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun and the US Ambassador to Beirut, Michel Issa. 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