US EditionLebanon’s speaker calls for national dialogue on Hezbollah’s weapons, criticizes US pressure
Lebanon's parliament speaker opposes rapid U.S.-led disarmament of Hezbollah, advocating for a calm, consensual national dialogue amid ongoing Israeli strikes and political tensions.
- Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri called on August 31, 2025, for a calm national dialogue over Hezbollah's weapons amid ongoing tensions in southern Lebanon.
- This call follows Lebanon's government decision in early August 2025 to task the army with disarming Hezbollah by year's end, under heavy US pressure linked to Israeli troop withdrawals.
- Despite the plan, Israeli jets launched intense airstrikes hours before Berri's address, damaging shops and homes, as Israel targeted Hezbollah infrastructure amid near-daily strikes.
- Berri criticized the US proposal for exceeding the principle of a state's weapons monopoly and stressed openness to discussion only within a calm, consensual framework, rejecting dialogue under threats.
- The situation risks direct conflict between Lebanon's military and Hezbollah, with Hezbollah's refusal to disarm and its weakened status after last year's war complicating efforts for disarmament and stability.
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Berri rejects US plan as Beirut pushes for Hezbollah disarmament
Lebanon's Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, top Shia Lebanese leader and an ally of the Iran-backed Hezbollah, called on Sunday for dialogue over its weapons, days before the government is expected to approve an army plan to disarm the group under U.S. pressure. Months after Israel's devastating war on Lebanon and under heavy US pressure, Lebanon's government this month tasked the army with drawing up a plan to disarm Hezbollah by the end of th…
The President of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berry, the last ally of Hezbollah, called for a dialogue on Sunday, 31 August, on the issue of the disarmament of the Shiite party, decided on 5 August by the US government under pressure. In a television speech commemorating the disappearance in Libya in 1978 of the founder of the Shiite Amal Movement, Imam Moussa Sadr, Nabih Berry called to keep the Lebanese army away from confrontation on the is…
Lebanon’s speaker calls for national dialogue on Hezbollah’s weapons, criticizes U.S. pressure
Lebanon’s parliament speaker on Sunday criticized Washington’s push to quickly to disarm the Hezbollah militant group, and called instead for a calm national dialogue to determine 'the fate of those weapons.'
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Lebanon's speaker calls for national dialogue on Hezbollah's weapons, criticizes US pressure
Lebanon’s parliament speaker has criticized Washington’s push to quickly to disarm the Hezbollah militant group, and called instead for a calm national dialogue to determine “the fate of those weapons.”
Disarming Hezbollah: Lebanon's risky mission
Lebanon must choose now: disarm Hezbollah, "or watch the slow, irreversible erosion of the state", said Hani Hazaimeh in Arab News (Riyadh). For decades, the Iran-backed Shia militia has been both part of Lebanese politics and a violent, disruptive force that "operates beyond government authority", wielding "enough influence to veto national decisions at will".Before last year's war with Israel, it was stronger than the Lebanese army – boasting …
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