Israel refuses to withdraw from more south Lebanon areas at talks: source

Israel has refused to withdraw from more areas of south Lebanon unless the Lebanese army has full control of an initial two "pilot zones", a Lebanese presidential source tells AFP.

The seventh round of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel has been held in Rome under US auspices.

The Lebanese source tells AFP, on condition of anonymity, that the talks had "not yielded definitive results regarding the pilot zones".

While the outlook from Beirut is dim, a US State Department spokesperson tells AFP that the talks were "productive".