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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Maya Gebeily and Maayan Lubell

Israel, Lebanon finalise maritime demarcation deal without mutual recognition

FILE PHOTO: Fishermen catch fish, in Naqoura, near the Lebanese-Israeli border, southern Lebanon, October 11, 2022. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo

Lebanese and Israeli leaders finalised a U.S.-brokered maritime demarcation deal on Thursday, bringing a measure of accommodation between the enemy states as they eye offshore energy exploration.

Leaders from Lebanon, Israel and the United States have all hailed the deal as "historic" but the possibility of a wider diplomatic breakthrough remains slim.

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