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Thursday, August 7, 2025
US envoy Barrack fetes Lebanon’s ‘historic’ decision to begin Hezbollah disarmament
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBEIRUT, Lebanon — US envoy Tom Barrack says Lebanon’s government had taken a “historic” decision this week by moving to disarm Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, which Washington has pushed for.
In a post on X, Barrack congratulates Lebanese leaders “for making the historic, bold, and correct decision this week to begin fully implementing” a November ceasefire which ended more than a year of hostilities with Israel after Hezbollah launched cross-border attacks, and stipulated that weapons in Lebanon be restricted to government agencies only.
“This week’s Cabinet resolutions finally put into motion the ‘One Nation, One Army’ solution for Lebanon. We stand behind the Lebanese people,” Barrack says.
Congratulations to Lebanese President Aoun @lbpresidency, Prime Minister @nawafsalam, and the Council of Ministers for making the historic, bold, and correct decision this week to begin fully implementing the November 2024 Cessation of Hostilities agreement, UN Security Council…
— Ambassador Tom Barrack (@USAMBTurkiye) August 7, 2025
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