{"id":4556,"date":"2025-03-07T04:59:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T04:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/a-us-vote-of-confidence-in-lebanon\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T04:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T04:59:20","slug":"a-us-vote-of-confidence-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/a-us-vote-of-confidence-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"A US vote of confidence in Lebanon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1263383\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                            <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/podcast_greek_current-320x200.jpg?v=1613387358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"480\" class=\"picture-main-post-image\" alt=\"A US vote of confidence in Lebanon?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/podcast_greek_current-768x480.jpg?v=1613387359\"\/><br \/>\n                <\/source><\/picture>\n                                <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Despite the Trump administration\u2019s 90-day freeze on foreign aid, the State Department announced it was unfreezing $95 million in military assistance to Lebanon. The move is seen as a vote of confidence from the US in the new political order emerging in Lebanon, and in its efforts to continue to degrade Hezbollah. Steven Howard, the Director of Policy and Outreach at the American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL), and Sean Mathews, a journalist for the Middle East Eye covering the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkans, join Thanos Davelis to break down why these funds matter for Lebanon, which is looking to rebuild after years of crises, and for the region.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"lazy lazy-hidden\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" data-lazy-type=\"iframe\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/40a71da0-6cd9-4cef-817b-96f3c1068e7e?dark=false\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<noscript><iframe height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/40a71da0-6cd9-4cef-817b-96f3c1068e7e?dark=false\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/multimedia\/podcasts\/1263383\/a-us-vote-of-confidence-in-lebanon\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the Trump administration\u2019s 90-day freeze on foreign aid, the State Department announced it was unfreezing $95 million in military assistance to Lebanon. The move is seen as a vote of confidence from the US in the new political order emerging in Lebanon, and in its efforts to continue to degrade Hezbollah. 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