Cabinet’s Decision to Welcome Army Plan Lacks Clarity and Implementational Vision - Beirut Today

Cabinet’s Decision to Welcome Army Plan Lacks Clarity and Implementational Vision - Beirut Today

On Friday, Lebanon’s cabinet held a session with commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces Rodolphe Haykal presenting the army’s plan to disarm Hezbollah as part of a process to monopolize arms in the hands of the state. The session saw the exit of five ministers affiliated with Hezbollah and the Amal Movement. Analysis suggests that the exit can be seen as part of Hezbollah’s clinging to its arms, but also to the perceived “outside-of-the-norms” n…