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Lebanon's Aoun met with UN official over "Israeli assault" - presidency

Published: 26 Aug 2019 - 02:54 pm | Last Updated: 27 Oct 2021 - 11:23 pm
U.N peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) sit together in al-Wazzani area in southern Lebanon, Lebanon August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

U.N peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) sit together in al-Wazzani area in southern Lebanon, Lebanon August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Reuters

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun met with the country's United Nations Special Coordinator on Monday to discuss the "Israeli assault on the southern suburbs of Beirut," the presidency said on Twitter.

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement has vowed to respond to what it called an Israeli drone attack in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday. (Reporting by Ellen Francis; Editing by Toby Chopra)