Lebanon army begins taking over southern ‘pilot zones’: U.S.
The move tests whether Lebanese forces can secure the area and verify the removal of Hezbollah weapons before any Israeli pullback.
- On Monday, July 20, the Lebanese Armed Forces began security operations in three southern Lebanon pilot zones: Froun, Srifa, and Zawtar Al-Gharbiya. The U.S. State Department called the deployment a "milestone" in implementing the Trilateral Framework.
- This security shift is a "direct outcome" of talks held last week in Rome between Israeli and Lebanese delegations. The Trilateral Framework, signed June 26, mandates a phased Israeli pullback from positions in southern Lebanon as the LAF assumes security responsibilities.
- These pilot zones, located near the Litani River and Wadi Saluki, serve as testing grounds where the Lebanese military must certify areas are cleared of Hezbollah weapons. The zones straddle a strategic area significant during the 2006 Lebanon War.
- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun discussed this implementation with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Sunday visit to Washington. Rubio emphasized that full Lebanese sovereignty requires decisions from Lebanon's own institutions.
- Hezbollah has rejected the framework, insisting it be linked to wider negotiations between Washington and Tehran. Israeli officials vowed their forces will maintain a 10km "security zone" along the frontier as long as the group remains armed.
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