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Al Jazeera Staff

The US asked Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah. How did Lebanon respond?

Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun, right, met US envoy Thomas Barrack at the Baabda Presidential Palace in Beirut on July 7, 2025 [Handout/Presidency of Lebanon via AFP]

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun received American diplomat Thomas Barrack in Beirut on Monday and gave him the Lebanese state’s reply to a proposal from the United States about disarming Hezbollah.

Barrack, ambassador to Turkiye and special envoy for Syria, said Lebanon’s response was “something spectacular” and that he was “unbelievably satisfied” by the reply, which has not been made public as of yet.

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