Trump says he thinks progress is being made on Lebanon

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he believed progress was being made between Lebanon and Israel and that Lebanon deserved to have peace.Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “I actually spoke to Hezbollah about it.”For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.He continued: “And I think progress is made. It’s been going on for a long time, you know,” he said.Earlier in the day, Hezbollah’s secretary-general said that the Iran-backed group rejected the agreement, which was announced in a joint US-Lebanese-Israeli statement after the trilateral meeting in Washington. But Trump said the group did not reject the deal. “They wouldn’t reject me, they didn’t reject,” he said at the White House. The US president added: “It would be really nice if Lebanon could have some peace. Lebanon’s been under attack for so many years.”With ReutersRead more: US-led effort to boost Lebanon’s

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