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Lebanon close to completing disarmament of Hezbollah south of Litani River, says PM
Lebanon aims to finish disarming Hezbollah south of the Litani River within days under a US-backed plan to reduce conflict risks and establish state control over arms.
- On Saturday, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Lebanon is close to completing disarmament south of the Litani River, with the first phase only days from completion before the year-end deadline.
- Earlier this year, the Lebanese cabinet approved a five-stage plan and on August 5 tasked the Lebanese Army to establish a state monopoly on arms by the end of the year.
- Army searches uncovered weapons caches and tunnels, including private properties, and one facility in south Lebanon found on Friday would take days to dismantle as part of the plan.
- The state said it is ready to move on to phase two north of the Litani based on the Lebanese Army plan, but Hezbollah has refused to hand over its weapons overall, and a Paris conference in February aims to support the cash-strapped military.
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The head of the Lebanese government said on Saturday that the first phase of Hezbollah's disarmament plan, which Beirut calls the "state monopoly on arms", will be completed within a few days. Nawaf Salam made this statement after a meeting with the Lebanese negotiator in the international committee responsible for monitoring the ceasefire with Israel.
·Paris, France
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Lebanon close to completing disarmament of Hezbollah south of Litani River, PM says
According to Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Lebanon is ready to move to the second of five phases in a U.S.-backed roadmap to disarm the group. A report said the second phase would extend north to the Awali River, followed by Beirut and its suburbs, the Bekaa Valley, and finally the rest of the country, including northern Lebanon
·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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- 34% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
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C 33%
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