In an effort to contain the current escalation in the Nabatieh region, contacts took place between Lebanon and the U.S., during which Washington informed the Lebanese state that it is “doing everything in its power to keep the situation under control and prevent it from sliding into a full-blown war,” the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper said on Monday.

The daily also learned that Baabda Palace is expected to be informed this week by the American side of the date for the Rome negotiations, which Washington insists on resuming, especially after “the success of U.S. Ambassador Michel Issa in persuading Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release a number of captives, which gives positive indications of the possibility of continuing the negotiation process.”