Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors conducted rare direct talks in Washington, aiming to advance negotiations to end conflict in Lebanon. These discussions represent a tentative step toward stabilizing the region and easing tensions.

Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors held rare direct talks in Washington on Tuesday, a tentative step towards broader negotiations to end the conflict in Lebanon, which has complicated the Trump administration’s fragile ceasefire with Iran. Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s envoy to the United States, met his Lebanese counterpart, Nada Mahadeh, at the State Department on Tuesday morning in talks mediated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio sought to temper expectations of Tuesday’s negotiations,...