Morgan Ortagus

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  • Ortagus and US diplomacy 2025-04-20 22:19

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Ortagus's rude diplomacy reflects American policy

    BEIRUT — With the phrase “Crack is wack, Walid,” Morgan Ortagus, the U.S. Deputy Special Envoy to West Asia, addressed Lebanon’s Druze leader Walid Jumblatt on X in response to a statement he made last weekend describing the United States’ conditions for Lebanon as “impossible.”

  • sondos 2025-04-11 21:25

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Lebanon and the Muscat negotiations

    BEIRUT — As U.S. pressure on Hezbollah escalates, the Lebanese, as well as those in West Asia and the larger world, are anticipating the U.S.-Iran negotiations. 

  • Lebanese Forces leader Geagea 2025-04-09 19:32

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Geagea is standing against Aoun and Salam

    BEIRUT — Despite having four ministers in the Lebanese cabinet, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea is waging a “battle” against President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam to secure major gains ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections and to avoid being treated as a non-partisan party in any domestic or regional settlement.

  • lebanon 2025-04-08 21:51

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Lebanon after Ortagus’ ill-fated visit

    BEIRUT — The detailed discussions of Morgan Ortagus, the US Deputy Envoy to the Middle East, during her ill-fated three-day visit to Beirut, forced an urgent meeting between heads of Lebanon’s executive and legislative powers, especially those related to the completion of the implementation of UN Resolution 1701.

  • The American deputy envoy for the Middle East meets Aoun 2025-04-05 22:22

    Lebanese president meets US envoy to discuss southern Lebanon

    Lebanese President Joseph Aoun discussed the latest developments in southern Lebanon during his meeting on Saturday with Deputy US Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus.

  • Israel's occupation forces in southern Lebanon 2025-02-12 22:53

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Will Israel withdraw from occupied Lebanese villages on Feb. 18?

    BEIRUT – After announcing its intention to extend the occupation of geostrategic heights overlooking all of the Litani’s southern and northern territories, it seems that the Israeli occupation regime intends to delay withdrawing from the border villages one week before the scheduled date for withdrawal which falls on February 18.

  • Lebanon 2025-02-08 21:59

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    Morgan Ortagus beware: “This is where the Marines were based!”

    SOUTH LEBANON – Washington is openly pushing Lebanon towards instability by turning the process of forming Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s cabinet into a practical opportunity to politically exclude the Shiites to compensate for the failure suffered by the recent US-led Israeli aggression on Lebanon.

  • The Trump administration's deputy envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus 2025-02-08 21:57

    By Parviz Rashidi

    US envoy’s anti-Hezbollah statement dangerously counterproductive

    Ortagus’s meddling in Lebanese government formation is outrageously shameless

    TEHRAN - A newly appointed U.S. envoy said on Friday that she hoped Lebanese authorities were committed to making sure that Hezbollah isn’t a part of the new government in any form, AP reported on Friday.