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US, Gulf Pressure to Fully Disarm Hezbollah Puts Lebanon on Edge
LEBANON, AUG 11 – Lebanese government aims to consolidate state control over arms, with disarmament of Hezbollah tied to $1.8 billion in Gulf loans and regional security concerns, officials said.
- On Thursday, the Lebanese Cabinet ordered the Lebanese Army to prepare a disarmament plan by month's end, calling for Hezbollah's weapons to be surrendered to ensure state sovereignty.
- Gulf nations like Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait warned President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam that reconstruction aid depended on disarming Hezbollah, US envoy Tom Barrack said it was crucial.
- Hezbollah parliamentary bloc leader Mohammed Raad warned that surrendering weapons would amount to suicide, describing the decision as 'hasty and dangerous' that 'exposes sovereignty.'
- Protests continued overnight and on Saturday in Beirut, with some protesters arrested, while Hezbollah's Mohammed Raad called the weapons withdrawal 'improvised and non-sovereign' during confrontational rhetoric.
- Dr Sami Nader warned, "The government is well aware that the alternative to the decision on weapons exclusivity is a return to war, where there's no longer room for postponing or diluting the problem or even trying to buy time," highlighting future risks to Lebanon's sovereignty.
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