{
  "id": 633562,
  "title": "Lebanon's outreach to the region shows it isn't putting all its eggs in the US basket",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/lebanons-outreach-to-the-region-shows-it-isnt-putting-all-its-eggs-in-633562",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/2026/08/12/lebanon-hezbollah-us-iran-israel-turkey-saudi-arabia-aoun-salam-berri/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was recently welcomed by US President Donald Trump in Washington, in what was interpreted as an effort by Mr Aoun to seek US backing in Lebanon’s negotiations with Israel . Upon his return to Beirut, the President travelled to Turkey, amid reports he would soon visit Saudi Arabia. In other words, Mr Aoun appeared to be diversifying his regional contacts, at a time…",
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        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Lebanon's outreach to the region shows it isn't putting all its eggs in the US basket",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/lebanons-outreach-to-the-region-shows-it-isnt-putting-all-its-eggs-in",
        "published": "2026-08-12T04:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}