US EditionOrtagus Presses Lebanon on Disarming Hezbollah Under 2024 Truce
Hezbollah insists its weapons are essential for defense against Israeli occupation despite US and Lebanese government calls for disarmament under ceasefire terms.
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Lebanese army walks political tightrope to disarm Hezbollah
BEIRUT - Lebanon's army has blown up so many Hezbollah arms caches that it has run out of explosives, as it races to meet a year-end deadline to disarm the Shi'ite militia in the south of the country under a ceasefire agreed with Israel, two sources told Reuters. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Qassem refuses Hezbollah disarmament as Ortagus heads to Lebanon
Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem has once again rejected demands for the militant group to lay down its arms, as US pressure over the matter mounts. In an interview with the Al-Manar channel marking one year of his leadership of Hezbollah, Qassem stressed that the Iran-backed group’s weapons arsenal is a "legitimate tool" for resisting Israel’s occupation and threats. "Our weapons are a legitimate means of defending the homeland and our…
In a revealing interview with The National on September 22, the US special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, made a number of startling admissions about the situation in Lebanon. Despite months of Western governments demanding that Beirut disarm Hezbollah, he acknowledged that the resistance group had no incentive to do so voluntarily, as “Israel is attacking everyone” in West Asia. By Kit Klarenberg. October 27, 2025 As such, Hezbollah’s “case is ge…
Possessing weapons ‘legitimate right,’ Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem says
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem told Lebanon’s Al-Manar TV, which is affiliated with the Iranian-backed terrorist organization, that it had a “legitimate right” to possess weapons, despite the Nov. 26 truce deal with Israel requiring it to disarm. “Possession of weapons is an inseparable part of our legitimate right to defend our homeland. Resistance is a legitimate right,” Qassem said in an interview. “The Lebanese state decides how it wants to ac…
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