'Good progress' made on Lebanon-Israel truce, Blinken says

The comments follow news that US envoy Amos Hochstein left the region without making a stop in Beirut. He had been in Israel for talks. "We are working very hard and making progress on reaching understandings of what would be required for the effective implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1701. This would be the basis of a diplomatic resolution to the crisis," Blinken said, referring to the 2006 mandate (Read more at Middle East Eye).