Frederic Hoff in Beirut after Syria
Frederic Hoff, the deputy of U.S. special Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell, could visit Lebanon after holding talks in Damascus on the security situation on the Syrian border with Iraq.
An Nahar daily on Friday quoted political sources as saying that Hoff could stay for a long period in Lebanon.
He has been given the mission of holding negotiations with Syrian and Lebanese officials on possible peace talks with Israel.