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(24 Jan 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beirut - 24 January 2024
1. Various of Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani arriving to meet Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati
2. Wide of Tajani meeting Mikati
3. Various of meeting
4. Wide of Grand Serail government palace
STORYLINE:
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with Italy's top diplomat on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East and tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani arrived in Beirut earlier in the day on an official visit, during which he will visit Italian peacekeepers deployed in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel.

Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, forces from Lebanon's Hezbollah group have engaged in near-daily clashes with Israeli troops along the border.

While the clashes had previously been limited mainly to a narrow strip within a few kilometers (miles) from the border, Israel in recent weeks appears to have moved to a strategy of targeted killings of figures from Hezbollah and allied groups, sometimes hitting in areas relatively far from the border.

With dangers of a regional conflict flaring on multiple fronts, officials from the United States and Europe have engaged in a flurry of shuttle diplomacy in recent weeks between Israel and Lebanon, attempting to head off an escalation of the conflict into a full-on war on the Lebanese front.

Tajani's visit comes a day after Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel met Lebanese officials in Beirut.

AP video shot by Fadi Tawil

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