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Rubio spoke with Lebanon’s Aoun about confiscation of explosives from Hezbollah — US official
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks alongside Paraguay’s Vice President Pedro Alliana (not pictured), in the Treaty Room at the US State Department, August 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun about the confiscation of hundreds of kilograms of explosives from Hezbollah, a State Department official says.
Rubio urged Aoun to hold accountable those who ordered, financed and directed the shipment, and “underscored that returning explosives to [Hezbollah] should be out of the question,” the State Department official says.
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