The Trump administration is considering a civilian force to oversee the tripartite agreement that includes Lebanon, Israel and the US after UNIFIL withdraws. The proposed mission could be modeled after the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) deployed in Egypt.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio raised the idea in recent days, and Washington discussed it with European partners, especially France and Italy.
The US ambassador to the UN is scheduled to visit Lebanon on Monday and Tuesday and is expected to meet President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.