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Nahar Net
2 days ago
- Politics
- Nahar Net
Aides of Aoun, Berri and Salam meet in Baabda over US paper
by Naharnet Newsdesk 30 June 2025, 16:41 A meeting between representatives of President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has been underway at the Baabda Palace since Monday morning, Al-Jadeed TV reported in the afternoon. The representatives are discussing 'the U.S. paper that was carried by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack to Beirut,' Al-Jadeed said. 'The meeting, the second after a first meeting held Saturday, is witnessing the participation of President Joseph Aoun's representatives Jean Aziz, Rabih al-Shaer, Didier Rahal and Tony Mansour, Speaker Nabih Berri's representative Ali Hamdan, and PM Nawaf Salam's representative Farah al-Khatib,' Al-Jadeed added. Lebanon wants guarantees that Israeli forces will fully withdraw from Lebanese territory in response to Barrack's demand that Beirut formally commit to disarming Hezbollah, a Lebanese official said Monday. The Lebanese government official told AFP that in a recent visit, Barrack had presented the demand for Beirut to officially commit to start disarming the Iran-backed group as stipulated in the November agreement, along with a full Israeli withdrawal. Aoun, Salam and Berri -- who is a key Hezbollah ally -- "are preparing a response," said the official on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to brief the media. With Barrack expected back in Beirut by mid-July, the Lebanese leaders "will demand a halt to Israeli violations of the ceasefire, Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon, the release of prisoners (detained during the war) and the demarcation of the border," said the official.
Nahar Net
6 days ago
- Politics
- Nahar Net
Barrack talks Lebanon with Saudi official, seeks 'step-by-step' Lebanon-Israel solution
by Naharnet Newsdesk 27 June 2025, 12:59 U.S. envoy Tom Barrack has said that Hezbollah has vanished militarily and that Lebanon might join the Abraham peace accords, Al-Jadeed television reported. 'The U.S. envoy met in Riyadh with Prince Yazid bin Farhan in a bilateral meeting that stretched until late hours of the night and the Lebanese file was on the table,' Al-Jadeed added. Kuwait's al-Anbaa newspaper meanwhile said that Barrack gave Lebanese officials a deadline that ends on July 10 to respond to the U.S. demands. 'There are consultations between the three presidents (Joseph Aoun, Nabih Berri and Nawaf Salam) to reach a unified vision for responding to the demands carried by Barrack during his visit,' parliamentary sources told al-Anbaa, adding that the U.S. envoy is expected to return to Beirut within days to listen to the Lebanese response to the so-called U.S. working paper. The paper 'tackles the various aspects of the Lebanese file, from the issue of Lebanese and Palestinian arms to the issue of the northern, eastern and southern lands borders and Israeli withdrawal,' al-Anbaa added. 'While Barrack is expected to return to Lebanon in the first half of July, reports said that he prefers that the Lebanese side make a first move before the U.S. asks Israel to make a step in return, which would launch a step-by-step policy, leading to further steps by Lebanon in return for a faster Israeli withdrawal, the start of the handover of captives, and talks over the 13 contested border points,' the daily said. 'If this process goes as planned, Lebanon will be able to get grants and incentives from the international community related to reconstruction and to activating the reform process, but before anything else things hinge on beginning to hand over arms north of the Litani so that the step-by-step process can get on track,' the newspaper added. 'The U.S. administration is insisting on a quick and official Lebanese answer, without ambiguity or procrastination as happened several times, seeing as the international community is focused on other matters and believes that this is a chance that Lebanon should not miss,' al-Anbaa added.
Nahar Net
23-06-2025
- Politics
- Nahar Net
US demands govt. decision on Hezbollah arms, report says
by Naharnet Newsdesk 8 hours The U.S. administration has asked Lebanon to reach 'presidential consensus' on the decision of monopolizing arms between President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Nawaf Salam ahead of referring such a decision to Cabinet for formal approval, Al-Jadeed TV has reported. 'Washington considers that monopolizing arms is an essential first step that must precede any Israeli withdrawal and border demarcation,' Al-Jadeed added. 'U.S. envoy Tom Barrack has returned to the front burner the files that former U.S. deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus and her team had finalized, putting them on the table for implementation within a specific time frame, topped by an official decision from the Lebanese government on monopolizing arms in the hand of the state,' Al-Jadeed said.
Nahar Net
23-06-2025
- Politics
- Nahar Net
US demands govt. decision on Hezbollah arms, report says
by Naharnet Newsdesk 23 June 2025, 14:40 The U.S. administration has asked Lebanon to reach 'presidential consensus' on the decision of monopolizing arms between President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Nawaf Salam ahead of referring such a decision to Cabinet for formal approval, Al-Jadeed TV has reported. 'Washington considers that monopolizing arms is an essential first step that must precede any Israeli withdrawal and border demarcation,' Al-Jadeed added. 'U.S. envoy Tom Barrack has returned to the front burner the files that former U.S. deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus and her team had finalized, putting them on the table for implementation within a specific time frame, topped by an official decision from the Lebanese government on monopolizing arms in the hand of the state,' Al-Jadeed said.
Nahar Net
03-06-2025
- Business
- Nahar Net
Ex-Hezbollah minister reportedly named as president's reconstruction adviser
Former public works and transportation minister Ali Hamie, who was named by Hezbollah to the previous government, has been appointed as President Josep Aoun's adviser for reconstruction affairs, media reports said on Tuesday. The president had told a Hezbollah delegation last week that 'there is no link between (Hezbollah's) weapons and reconstruction, explaining the role of a ministerial committee tasked with preparing a reconstruction study,' sources told Al-Jadeed television. Aoun added that he was seeking to hold an international conference with the participation of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the U.S., France and Egypt to rally support for Lebanon's reconstruction process. Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji reportedly told visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday that 'there will be no reconstruction funds without disarming Hezbollah.' Araghchi for his part said after meeting Speaker Nabih Berri that Iranian companies are ready to take part in Lebanon's reconstruction if the Lebanese government wants that. Araghchi's visit comes after Iran's main Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, was weakened by a 14-month war with Israel that left much of the Iran-backed group's political and military leadership dead. Araghchi's visit is his first since October, which came at the height of the Israel-Hezbollah war that ended a month later with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. The war killed more than 4,000 in Lebanon, displaced over 1 million people and caused destruction that the World Bank said will coast $11 billion in reconstruction.
