Lebanon Cabinet Welcomes Army Plan to Disarm Hezbollah, No Timeline Given
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and members of the Lebanese cabinet meet to discuss efforts to bring all weapons in the country under the control of the state, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 5, 2025. (Reuters File)
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Lebanon’s cabinet on Friday welcomed a plan drafted by the army to disarm Hezbollah but decided to keep its contents secret, the information minister said, a move that could escalate the standoff over the Shi’ite Muslim group’s arsenal, which it has refused to relinquish.
The Iran-backed group and its allies object to the disarmament plan and all five Shi’ite ministers walked out of the cabinet session as soon as Lebanese army commander Rodolphe Haykal entered to present it.
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(Reporting by Maya Gebeily and Laila Bassam; editing by Philippa Fletcher)
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