Lebanese and Israeli leaders finalized a U.S.-brokered maritime demarcation deal that brings a measure of accommodation between the enemy states as they eye offshore energy exploration. The accord removes one source of potential conflict between Israel and Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah and could help alleviate Lebanon's economic crisis. An offshore energy discovery while not enough on its own to resolve Lebanon's deep economic problems - would be a major boon, providing badly needed hard currency and possibly one day easing crippling blackouts.
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