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Lebanon’s Speaker Rejects US Call to Disarm Hezbollah, Urges Calm Dialogue
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Lebanese parliament speaker Nabi Berri, an ally of Hezbollah, has called for dialogue on the issue of disarming the Shiite movement, which was decided by the government under US pressure. The Lebanese government on August 5 tasked the army with drawing up a plan to disarm the movement, which is supported and financed by Iran, a sworn enemy of Israel, by the end of 2025. Weakened after the 2024 war with Israel, in which part of its arsenal was de…
Berri rejects U.S.-backed proposal to disarm Hezbollah
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Sunday rejected a U.S.-backed proposal to disarm Hezbollah, saying Lebanon would not give up its weapons “under threats or by violating the constitution.” In a televised address, Berri stressed that discussions over Hezbollah’s arms could only take place in a “calm, consensual framework” under the constitution, ministerial statements, and international law. In his speech, Berri dismissed attempts by for…
As the Israeli killing machine sharpens its swords to pounce on Gaza City with a view to disarming Hamas, Americans in Lebanon are taking on this task by exerting maximum pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah by engaging the army to confront resistance without offering any counter-proofs about the Israeli occupation and its ongoing aggression, to the point of threatening to leave the country to its fate in the event that the Le…
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