White House Freezes Military Aid to Lebanon, Against Wishes of Congress, State Dept. and Pentagon

By EDWARD WONG, VIVIAN YEE and MICHAEL CROWLEY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2PEtaGh
via IFTTT The indefinite hold halts a $105 million package that the State Department and Congress had approved. Analysts say the winners could be Iran, Russia, the Islamic State and Al Qaeda.