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Nahar Net
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Nahar Net
Report: Hezbollah wants real defense strategy before handing over arms
by Naharnet Newsdesk 01 July 2025, 16:49 Hezbollah has a 'different approach' regarding the paper that has been submitted by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack to Lebanon, al-Liwaa newspaper reported on Tuesday. 'Hezbollah is linking the fate of its arms to reaching a real defense strategy and it believes that there is no need to rush to giving up the card of strength that is in Lebanon's hand before compelling Israel to implement its part of the ceasefire agreement,' the daily said. The Iran-backed group sees that 'the priority is withdrawal from the five points, halting the attacks, delineating the land border and releasing the captives, in addition to the reconstruction file,' al-Liwaa added, quoting unnamed sources.
Nahar Net
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Nahar Net
Report: Hezbollah quietly ceding posts north of Litani to army
by Naharnet Newsdesk 7 hours Dialogue between the Lebanese state and Hezbollah over the latter's remaining weapons is ongoing behind the scenes, a diplomatic source from the five-nation group for Lebanon said. 'A number of sites north of the Litani River have been handed over, away from the spotlight and media coverage, as per the agreement between the two sides,' al-Liwaa newspaper quoted the source as saying. Israel has continued to launch raids on Lebanon despite a November truce which sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah including two months of all-out war. Under the ceasefire, the Iran-backed Hezbollah was to pull back its fighters north of Lebanon's Litani River and dismantle any remaining military infrastructure to its south. Israel was to withdraw all its forces from Lebanon, but it has kept troops in five areas that it deems "strategic". The Lebanese Army has been deploying in the south as Israeli forces have withdrawn and has been dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure. The truce was based on a United Nations Security Council resolution that says Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers should be the only forces in south Lebanon, and calls for the disarmament of all non-state groups. Last month, President Joseph Aoun said the army was deployed in more than 85 percent of the south, and that the sole obstacle to full control across the frontier area was "Israel's occupation of five border positions." Also in April, Lebanon's military said a munitions blast in the south killed three personnel, days after an explosion killed another soldier as the force was dismantling mines in a tunnel.
Nahar Net
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Nahar Net
Report: Hezbollah quietly ceding posts north of Litani to army
by Naharnet Newsdesk 19 May 2025, 14:26 Dialogue between the Lebanese state and Hezbollah over the latter's remaining weapons is ongoing behind the scenes, a diplomatic source from the five-nation group for Lebanon said. 'A number of sites north of the Litani River have been handed over, away from the spotlight and media coverage, as per the agreement between the two sides,' al-Liwaa newspaper quoted the source as saying. Israel has continued to launch raids on Lebanon despite a November truce which sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah including two months of all-out war. Under the ceasefire, the Iran-backed Hezbollah was to pull back its fighters north of Lebanon's Litani River and dismantle any remaining military infrastructure to its south. Israel was to withdraw all its forces from Lebanon, but it has kept troops in five areas that it deems "strategic". The Lebanese Army has been deploying in the south as Israeli forces have withdrawn and has been dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure. The truce was based on a United Nations Security Council resolution that says Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers should be the only forces in south Lebanon, and calls for the disarmament of all non-state groups. Last month, President Joseph Aoun said the army was deployed in more than 85 percent of the south, and that the sole obstacle to full control across the frontier area was "Israel's occupation of five border positions." Also in April, Lebanon's military said a munitions blast in the south killed three personnel, days after an explosion killed another soldier as the force was dismantling mines in a tunnel.
