BEIRUT: Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qmati told Reuters on Saturday that the group considered Friday’s cabinet session on an army plan to establish a state monopoly on arms “an opportunity to return to wisdom and reason, preventing the country from slipping into the unknown.” Lebanon’s cabinet on Friday welcomed a plan by the army that would disarm Hezbollah and said the military would begin executing it, without setting a timeframe for implementation and cautioning that the army had limited capabilities.

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun on Thursday condemned persistent Israeli attacks on his country, in some cases close to peacekeepers from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon.…

BEIRUT: The Lebanese Cabinet on Friday received the Lebanese Armed Forces’ plan to restrict the possession of weapons to state personnel on Friday. While the Cabinet “took note”…

After last month's decision to pursue a disarmament plan, Hezbollah accused the government of caving to U.S. and Israeli pressure and said it would 'treat this decision as if it…

Five Shia ministers walk out of cabinet debate as Hezbollah remains adamant it will hold onto its weapons.

The Lebanese Cabinet on Friday embraced a plan prepared by the Army to disarm Iran-backed Hezbollah, but decided to keep he plan's details confidential,

BEIRUT: Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qmati told Reuters on Saturday that the group considered Friday’s cabinet session on an army plan to establish a state monopoly on arms “an…

BEIRUT: Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qmati told Reuters on Saturday that the group considered Friday’s cabinet session on an army plan to establish a state monopoly on arms “an…

The Lebanese government's plan to disarm Hezbollah by confiscating its weapons involves deploying the army across the country until full military sovereignty is restored to the…

Lebanon seemed ready to disarm Hezbollah for a moment last month. Prodded by a destructive and unrelenting war with Israel and under American diplomatic pressure, Beirut tasked…