LEBANON-US.

FOREIGN relations of the United States, 2009-2017; FEDERAL aid; CLINTON, Hillary Rodham, 1947-; FELTMAN, Jeffery; ALI, Ali Abdel Karim; INTERNATIONAL relations

UNITED States; LEBANON

The article reports on the commendation of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her assistant for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman on the decision of Lebanon to fund United Nation (UN)-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). Feltman expresses the desire of the government of the U.S. to support the Lebanese Army to secure its borders with its neighbors. Meanwhile, Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Ali has taken complaints on the smuggling of arms from Lebanon into Syria.