Lebanon, Israel resume border maritime talks

Lebanon and Israel resumed Tuesday indirect U.S.-mediated negotiations on the demarcation of their maritime border at the headquarters of UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon, security sources said.

The longtime foes held several rounds of talks in October — a culmination of three years of diplomacy by the United States — hosted by the United Nations at a peacekeeper base in southern Lebanon.

But negotiations stalled after each presented contrasting maps outlining proposed borders that actually increased the size of the disputed area.