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Disarming Lebanon's Hezbollah No Longer Inconceivable: Analysts

The idea of disarming Hezbollah is no longer inconceivable, as the US presses Lebanon to act in the wake of the group's war with Israel (Credit: AFP)

The once unthinkable disarmament of Hezbollah could finally be within reach, as the United States pushes Lebanon to act and applies pressure to the group's backer Iran over its nuclear programme, analysts said.

Hezbollah was left badly weakened by more than a year of hostilities with Israel, beginning with the group's campaign of rocket fire at its arch-foe in support of ally Hamas, and culminating in a major Israeli bombing campaign and ground incursion into Lebanon.

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