The long-serving speaker of Lebanon's parliament told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday that U.S. sanctions on the Hezbollah group were having a 'negative impact on Lebanon and the Lebanese'. Nabih Berri told Pompeo that Hezbollah is a Lebanese party in the government and parliament, and that its armed 'resistance' against Israel was a result of continuing Israeli occupation of Lebanese territory, Berri's office said in a statement.
