Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced Monday that his government has banned Hezbollah’s military and security operations, ordering the army to enforce state control over weapons north of the Litani River and restricting the group’s role strictly to political activity.
"The state rejects any military or security actions launched from Lebanese territory,” Salam told a news conference after a Cabinet meeting at the presidential palace east of Beirut, chaired by President Joseph Aoun.
He said the Cabinet decided to prohibit any military operations outside "legitimate state institutions.”
"The decision of war and peace rests exclusively with the state,” he stressed.
Salam said the move requires limiting Hezbollah’s activities and obligating the group to hand over its weapons, describing its recent actions as "a violation of Cabinet decisions.”
