Macron and Aoun discuss efforts to back Lebanon’s army, end Israeli attacks

The French presidency said the aim of the Paris talks was to review a Lebanese armed forces deployment plan.The leaders of France, Lebanon and Jordan convened in Paris to drum up international support for the Lebanese army.Macron welcomed Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and King Abdullah II of Jordan to Paris for the talks on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Lebanon security talks in Paris to focus on post-UNIFIL alternativeslist 2 of 4Israel bombs southern Lebanon as talks postponedlist 3 of 4How Israel’s destruction of south Lebanon is making displacement permanentlist 4 of 4US set to approve 60,000 heavy bombs for Israel: What that meansend of listThe meetings come after a US-mediated framework deal was agreed between Israel and Lebanon in June. But the agreement did not force Israel to withdraw from the large area of southern Lebanon it occupies, and Israel has continued its attacks on the country.The agenda also included the creation of a new force to succeed a longstanding United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon.The officials were later joined by chiefs of defence staff from Lebanon, Jordan, France, the United Kingdom and Italy, as well as...