Israel and Lebanon have made an "historic breakthrough" and agreed to establish a permanent maritime border between them, the US president says. A finalised deal would allow the neighbours ...

Lebanon has been among Israel’s most implacable enemies ... sought to downplay any diplomatic significance to the deal. “Demarcating the southern maritime border is technical work that has ...

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Historically, Karish fell outside Lebanon's claimed boundary ... faces a parliamentary election on 1 November. "For Israel, a deal on the maritime border is really about solving a security ...