Lebanese PM Asks UN to Help Seek Permanent Truce with Israel

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri asked the United Nations on Friday to help Lebanon and Israel move towards a permanent ceasefire and end what he called Israel's "continuous  violations" of Lebanese territory. Israel and Lebanon's Shi'ite Hezbollah group fought a month-long war in 2006 that concluded with a cessation of hostilities but without a formal peace deal. "I urge the U.N. secretary general to support efforts to secure, as soon as possible,...

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