U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will take part in the talks in Washington. WASHINGTON (AP) — Lebanon and Israel held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades on Tuesday in Washington following more than a month of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling it a “historic opportunity” but making clear that no breakthrough agreement was immediately expected. Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter hailed what