The Qatari premier is scheduled to meet Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam at 19:30 local time at his residence in Beirut [Getty]
Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani is expected in Beirut for talks with Lebanese officials on Tuesday.
The Qatari leader is scheduled to meet Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam at 7:30pm local time at his residence in Beirut, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA).
It marks the Qatar official’s first visit since Salam was appointed by the new Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, to form a government.
Last October, Al-Thani reaffirmed Qatar’s commitment to Lebanon’s stability, pledging continued support for the army and state institutions.
The visits come after Lebanon’s foreign ministry submitted a complaint against Israel at the UN for “violating” UN Resolution 1701, according to NNAÂ on Tuesday.
The complaint accused Israel of a “complete disregard” for its obligations stipulated in the resolution, which was adopted in 2006 and was aimed at ending cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel.Â
It said that Israel had committed “continuous violations” of the ceasefire reached in November 2024.
The complaint also “documented continued land and air attacks” and the “destruction” of homes since the ceasefire went into effect on 27 November, as well as attacks against displaced civilians returning to their villages.
“Lebanon rejects these systematic Israeli acts of aggression and violations,” the complaint said.
It comes amid escalating tensions in southern Lebanon, where the Lebanese army has now taken full control of Taybe, positioning forces at the village entrance toward the neighbouring locality of Rab el-Thalathine.
The town is now “totally liberated”, according to its municipal president.
“The army is inspecting the area to clear it of enemy violations. Residents are waiting in the village square for the army to allow them to return to their homes,” he told L’Orient-Le Jour.
Lebanese army forces in the south had been “welcomed with open arms”, the outlet added, but the deployment of troops remained “incomplete” and soldiers’ work “often hampered” by Israeli fire.
Meanwhile, in the Khiam plain, near Kfar Kila, Israeli forces combed a water purification facility as an Israeli drone fired multiple stun grenades near a team of rescuers recovering bodies in Aita el-Chaab, Bint Jbeil district.
Israeli forces also set fire to homes in Rab el-Thalathine and Taybe, sending plumes of smoke into the air.
The latest attacks came as Morgan Ortagus, the new US envoy replacing Amos Hochstein, is expected in Beirut on Thursday.
According to MTV, Ortagus – now co-chair of the ceasefire monitoring committee – will begin meetings with Lebanese officials to discuss the latest deployments and challenges.
The latest war between Israel and Hezbollah has killed nearly 4,000 Lebanese and left entire villages in ruins.
