WASHINGTON (Dispatches) -- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reached an agreement regarding a complete Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, an official Lebanese source told Saudi broadcaster Al-Hadath. 
The U.S. State Department confirmed that Rubio met with President Aoun in Washington, where the two discussed the implementation of the tripartite framework. 
Rubio reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to supporting the successful implementation of the framework and to backing the Lebanese government’s efforts to achieve peace and economic recovery. 
Rubio also praised the Lebanese government’s efforts to restore state sovereignty, disarm Hezbollah, and dismantle the group’s military infrastructure.
Neither the Lebanese presidency nor the U.S. State Department publicly confirmed the Lebanese source’s claim that Aoun and Rubio had reached an agreement on a complete Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, raising immediate questions about the credibility of the purported deal. 
The absence of official confirmation from either party leaves the Lebanese public in the dark, while the government in Beirut appears to have staked its political capital on an agreement that Washington has not even seen fit to endorse publicly.
Critics are already condemning the framework as a disgraceful arrangement that places Lebanon in a position of submission. 
The agreement, as described, demands that Lebanon disarm Hezbollah and restore state sovereignty as a precondition for Israeli withdrawal, yet offers no binding timeline or enforceable mechanism to ensure Israel actually follows through. 
Observers point to Israel’s long and unbroken history of evading its obligations—from the 1983 agreement that collapsed within months to decades of occupation and repeated violations of UN Security Council Resolution 1701.
Israeli promises, they note, have consistently proven to be hollow, and this agreement appears to be no different.
Lebanese officials, in their eagerness to secure a deal, appear to have been deceived into accepting unilateral commitments that degrade the nation’s security and political position, while Israel faces no concrete penalties for failing to uphold its side of the bargain. 
The framework, critics warn, is little more than a ruse designed to extract Lebanese concessions in exchange for vague promises that history shows Israel will never fully honor. 
The United States, for its part, has praised Lebanon’s efforts while offering no guarantees that Israel will be held accountable, leaving the Lebanese government isolated and exposed.
The official Lebanese source also told Al-Hadath that the United States supports full cooperation between Lebanon and Syria at all levels, adding another layer of regional complexity to an already precarious diplomatic landscape.