Lebanese Prime Minister's Press Office/AFP A US envoy said he was in Beirut Tuesday because he saw "a real opportunity" to end the Israel-Hezbollah war, with the Lebanese group announcing then postponing a speech by its leader shortly after. On September ...

US envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut in a bid to secure a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hezbollah, as the Lebanese group approved a new proposal to halt the hostilities, with some comments.

Amos Hochstein is expected in Beirut on Tuesday, according to two Lebanese official sources, in a sign of progress in ceasefire negotiations for the deadly cross-border conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.