Hezbollah says Lebanon president's US visit 'submission' to foreign power

BEIRUT: The Iran-backed Hezbollah group on Thursday (Jul 23) branded Lebanese President Joseph Aoun's recent visit to Washington a failure and said it showed the government's submission to a foreign power.In a statement, the group's lawmakers said the visit revealed "the extent of subservience and submission to foreign tutelage", adding that it "failed to achieve ... an American commitment to the withdrawal of the enemy from our land", referring to Israel.The visit, according to the group, also failed to "stop the crimes of killing, bombing and bulldozing that this enemy continues to commit against our people, nor did it provide the possibility of a safe return for the displaced or the start of reconstruction".US President Donald Trump received Aoun in Washington on Tuesday, where the Leba