On July 29, 2016, theĀ Federal RegisterĀ published PresidentialĀ Notice of July 27, 2016 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to LebanonĀ which extends the national emergency for an additional year. The national emergency, first declared on August 1, 2007, by Executive Order 13441, is being extended because certain ongoing activities, such as continuing arms transfers to Hizballah that include increasingly sophisticated weapons systems, serve to undermine Lebanese sovereignty, contribute to political and economic instability in Lebanon,…