Adla Massoud of The National reported on ATFL’s Congressional Staff Delegation to Lebanon, which brought Republican and Democratic staff from both chambers of Congress, as well as aides to leadership on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to Beirut. There they met with Lebanese cabinet ministers, military officials, Members of Parliament, and advisers to President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, and Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri.

MTV Lebanon covered the bipartisan US Congressional Staff Delegation organized by ATFL following its meetings in Beirut. The report focused on the delegation’s assessment of the prospects for implementing the current trilateral framework, noting that attention is increasingly turning from the framework’s broad objectives to questions of implementation and verification.

The visit provided Republican and Democratic congressional staff from the US House and Senate with an opportunity to engage directly with Lebanese and US officials on the framework, Lebanon’s reform priorities, security, sovereignty, and the country’s path forward. For ATFL, facilitating exchanges like these is an important part of its government relations work: helping policymakers gain firsthand perspectives from Lebanon while strengthening dialogue and understanding between the two countries.

LBCI reported on the bipartisan US Congressional Staff Delegation to Lebanon organized by the American Task Force on Lebanon. The delegation brought together Republican and Democratic staff from both the US House and Senate for meetings with Lebanese officials and other key voices, giving participants an opportunity to hear directly about Lebanon’s political, security, and economic challenges. LBCI’s report explored the messages Lebanese officials shared with the visiting congressional delegation.

Al Arabiya English reported that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun entered a pivotal week in Washington with Lebanon’s security, sovereignty, and economic recovery at the center of his agenda. Following Aoun’s meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the article noted strong US support for strengthening the Lebanese state, restoring the government’s monopoly over the use of force, supporting the Lebanese Armed Forces, implementing the Trilateral Framework with Israel, and advancing conditions for greater investment and recovery.