BEIRUT: Hezbollah said on Wednesday the Lebanese government was committing a “grave sin” by tasking the army with establishing a state monopoly on arms, sharpening a national divide over calls for the Shiite Muslim group to disarm. The cabinet on Tuesday authorized the Lebanese army to draw up a plan to confine arms across the country to six official security forces by year’s end — a major challenge to the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s cabinet will meet on Tuesday to discuss Hezbollah’s arsenal, after Washington ramped up pressure on ministers to publicly commit to disarming the Iran-backed…

BEIRUT: The Lebanese Cabinet met at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday to discuss the most sensitive item on its agenda: the disarming of Hezbollah and the need to restrict…

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s government on Tuesday tasked the army with developing a plan to restrict arms to the state by year end, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said, an unprecedented move…

BEIRUT: Hezbollah said on Wednesday the Lebanese government was committing a “grave sin” by tasking the army with establishing a state monopoly on arms, sharpening a national…

The Lebanese armed group says the move was dictated by the US and that it ‘fully serves Israel’s interest’.

Hezbollah said on Wednesday the Lebanese government was committing a "grave sin" by tasking the army with establishing a state monopoly on arms, sharpening a national divide over…

Lebanon's cabinet has said it wants to establish a state monopoly on arms by the end of the year.

Lebanon’s cabinet has told the army to draw up a plan to establish a state monopoly on arms in a challenge to the Iran-backed Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah, which rejects calls to…

Lebanon made a game-changing decision by tasking the Army with preparing a plan to enforce a state monopoly on weapons, poses a new challenge to Hezbollah.

Hezbollah announced on Wednesday that it would not comply with an unprecedented decision by the Lebanese cabinet, ordering that all armed groups in the country must disarm by the…

Le mouvement chiite a affirmé, mercredi, que les autorités avaient commis un « péché grave » en annonçant, mardi, avoir chargé l’armée de préparer un plan d’action pour le…

Amid heavy US pressure and fears Israel could expand its strikes on Lebanon, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Tuesday that the government had tasked the army with developing a plan…

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s cabinet is set to meet again on Thursday to discuss the thorny task of disarming Hezbollah, a day after the Iran-backed group rejected the government’s decision…

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s cabinet is set to meet again on Thursday to discuss the thorny task of disarming Hezbollah, a day after the Iran-backed group rejected the government’s decision…

BEIRUT: Lebanon entered a new phase on Thursday evening after approving the restriction of all weapons to state control, including those held by Hezbollah and other militias, and…

The Lebanese Cabinet has tasked the army with drafting a plan outlining how weapons in the country should be managed. It will mainly target those held by Hezbollah, with the aim…