France's president began a visit to Lebanon Friday, where he will meet the crisis-hit country's newly elected leaders, as the nation attempts to recover from the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war.

Emmanuel Macron's trip to Lebanon, his first in more than four years, follows a 60-day ceasefire deal that aims to end the war. France helped broker the deal and a French officer is a member of the committee that is supervising the truce, which went into effect on Nov. 27.