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LEBANON, AUG 6 – The Lebanese Army will submit a disarmament plan by August 31 to centralize all weapons under state control as part of a US-mediated ceasefire agreement with Israel.
- On Tuesday, Lebanon’s Cabinet endorsed a US-backed proposal aiming for disarmament and agreed to deploy the Lebanese Army to border regions, despite a ministerial walkout.
- Framed as a US-backed effort, Lebanon’s Cabinet assigned the army to draft a disarmament plan, focusing on non-state actors, despite a walkout by Shiite ministers.
- The proposal calls for disarming Hezbollah, including withdrawal of Israeli forces from five southern Lebanese positions and deployment of the Lebanese Army, with timelines pending army plan details.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam formally tasked the army with preparing a disarmament plan, with a review due by August 31, 2025.
- Prime Minister Nawaf Salam directed the army to prepare a US-backed disarmament plan, with submission due by August 31 for Cabinet review, after ministers' stormed out.
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Lebanese government moves to demilitarize Hezbollah, sparking fears of civil war
The Lebanese cabinet of ministers decided on Tuesday to force the demilitarization of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist movement by the end of this year, as part of an international effort to reach a longer-lasting peace between Israel and Lebanon. Hezbollah rejected the government’s decision, calling it a “grave sin” and saying that it would treat the decision “as if it does not exist.” The terrorist movement warned that this decision would w…
The Lebanese government on Thursday approved the disarmament of the terrorist movement Hezbollah by the end of this year. Ministers for Hezbollah, which rejects such a move, had earlier walked out of a cabinet meeting in protest and the vote on the US proposal took place without them. The government also decided to implement a ceasefire with Israel.
US envoy Tom Barrack said Thursday that the Lebanese government made a historic decision this week to disarm the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah.
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