Rome Talks Conclude With 'Positive Progress' on Borders, Prisoners

The third and final day of the seventh round of US-brokered Israel-Lebanon talks concluded in Rome, with three parallel tracks covering military terminology, prisoner exchange, and the pilot-zone process. President Aoun cited "positive progress" on borders and prisoners and voiced hope that practical steps would soon follow, though Israel continued to refuse expanding the pilot zones before further inspections and Israeli strikes continued in south Lebanon during the talks. September 1 was floated as a preliminary date for the next round.