US EditionUS, Gulf Pressure to Fully Disarm Hezbollah Puts Lebanon on Edge
LEBANON, AUG 8 – Mohammed Raad calls the Lebanese government’s weapons control move hasty and dangerous, warning it risks national stability and equates surrendering arms with suicide, Hezbollah says.
- On Thursday, the Lebanese government decided to place all weapons under state control, a pivotal move taken at the highest level with broad backing, according to Lebanese Forces leader Dr. Samir Geagea.
- Following U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack’s proposal on extending the November 2024 ceasefire, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and President Joseph Aoun secured guarantees to align Lebanon with the US plan.
- Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad, head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc Loyalty to the Resistance, warned that handing over resistance weapons is “suicide” and described the decision as “hasty and dangerous.”
- Meanwhile, the Israeli Defense Forces remained 20 kilometers from Lebanon's border with Syria as protests continued in Beirut with some arrests.
- Historical context underlines how resistance arms maintained deterrence from 1982 to 2025, with the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc denouncing U.S.-backed Israeli aggression and contradicting the Taif Accord.
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US, Gulf pressure to fully disarm Hezbollah puts Lebanon on edge
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