Lebanon PM says Beirut working for 'complete Israeli withdrawal'

Lebanon is working toward a "complete Israeli withdrawal" from areas it occupies, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Wednesday on a visit to a village where Lebanon's Army recently deployed.

"We will continue mobilising our political and diplomatic efforts to secure a complete Israeli withdrawal from the south," he said in Zawtar al-Gharbiya.

Israeli forces were previously present on the outskirts of the village following the war with Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Salam's visit came a day after Lebanese P ...