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Lebanon Orders Army to Draft Hezbollah Disarmament Plan by Year-End as Hezbollah Rejects Move

Hezbollah has condemned the decision as a “grave sin” that cannot proceed without Israeli withdrawals

Des partisans chiites libanais du Hezbollah participent à une cérémonie au plus fort de l'Achoura, une période de 10 jours commémorant le meurtre au septième siècle du petit-fils du prophète Mahomet, l'imam Hussein, dans la banlieue sud de Beyrouth, le 6 juillet 2025
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Le Conseil des ministres, au palais présidentiel de Baabda, au Liban, le 5 août.

Overview

  • On August 5 the Council of Ministers tasked the Lebanese Army with drawing up a plan to disarm Hezbollah by December under the US-mediated ceasefire limiting arms to six state security bodies
  • Ministers Tamara Zein and Rakan Nasreddine walked out of the cabinet session in protest, highlighting deep fractures between Hezbollah allies and the government majority
  • Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed to ignore the decision until Israel withdraws from five positions in southern Lebanon and halts cross-border strikes
  • Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the disarmament blueprint will return to the Council by August 31 for review and adoption in line with US envoy Tom Barrack’s proposed timeline
  • French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot praised the move on August 7 as a courageous step toward restoring Lebanese sovereignty and enabling post-war reconstruction