US Israel Lebanon Rome Talks Conclude Without Agreement on Withdrawal or Disarmament
The seventh round of U.S.-facilitated Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome ended August 6, 2026, producing no signed agreement, withdrawal timetable, or Hezbollah disarmament deal. The June 2026 U.S. framework requires verified disarmament of non-state armed groups before IDF redeployment, but the two sides remained split on pilot-zone expansion, sequencing of Israeli withdrawal, and Hezbollah's weapons. U.S. officials described technical progress while Lebanese-source accounts reported no breakthrough on the proposed model security zones, and no joint communiqué was issued.