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Lebanon's Hezbollah Rejects Cabinet Decision To Disarm It

This handout photo released by the Lebanese presidency on August 5, 2025 shows Prime Minister Nawaf Salam speaking to the press after a cabinet session to discuss the issue of disarming Hezbollah (Credit: AFP)

Hezbollah said Wednesday that it would treat a Lebanese government decision to disarm the militant group "as if it did not exist", accusing the cabinet of committing a "grave sin".

Amid heavy US pressure and fears Israel could expand its strikes on Lebanon, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Tuesday that the government had tasked the army with developing a plan to restrict weapons to government forces by year end.

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