Israel, Lebanon Hold U.S.-Mediated Peace Talks on Hezbollah

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at negotiations to end the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon, U.S. and Iranian nuclear deal proposals, and the devastating impact of Super Typhoon Sinlaku. Initial Dialogue Israel and Lebanon held rare, U.S.-mediated peace talks in Washington on Tuesday aimed at resolving the devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy group based in Lebanon. “We discovered today that we are on the same side of the equation,” said Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, adding that both countries were “united in liberating Lebanon” from Hezbollah’s influence. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…