Trump wants a new contractor in the war on Hezbollah. Syria doesn't want the job

Trump and Israel no longer see eye to eye on Lebanon. While the U.S. פresident's new strategy resurfaces past traumas in Beirut, Syria's al-Sharaa has made it patently clear that the age of Damascus intervening in Lebanese affairs is gone for good

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Trump wants a new contractor in the war on Hezbollah. Syria doesn't want the job

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Trump and Israel no longer see eye to eye on Lebanon. While the U.S. פresident's new strategy resurfaces past traumas in Beirut, Syria's al-Sharaa has made it patently clear that the age of Damascus intervening in Lebanese affairs is gone for good

06:10 AM • June 18 2026 IDT

The president of the United States, in a moment of honesty and based on his experience as a real estate entrepreneur, presented his new plan for solving the war in Lebanon. "If Israel can't do the job without killing everyone else, he'll do the job, Syria will do the job," Donald Trump said on Tuesday, referring to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, during a meeting with the Qatari prime minister at the G7 meeting in France.

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