Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Environment Minister Tamara Zein at the Grand Serail on Feb. 18, 2025. (Credit: Tamar Zein's X account)
The timeline for Hezbollah’s disarmament may well become the next major battle within Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government — and Hezbollah and Amal are already preparing for it.During a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, the debate over the party’s arsenal was sparked by the Lebanese Forces (LF) and the Kataeb, who called for a timetable to be established for disarmament. Read more A timeline for Hezbollah's disarmament? To everyone’s surprise, the initiative has not, so far, provoked any backlash — even from Hezbollah’s own representatives. Instead, it was Environment Minister Tamara Zein, a close ally of Parliament Speaker and head of the Amal Movement Nabih Berri, who took it upon herself to speak on behalf of the party.In an interview with the Alhurra channel on Monday, Zein expressed her opposition to any disarmament at present,...
The timeline for Hezbollah’s disarmament may well become the next major battle within Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government — and Hezbollah and Amal are already preparing for it.During a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, the debate over the party’s arsenal was sparked by the Lebanese Forces (LF) and the Kataeb, who called for a timetable to be established for disarmament. Read more A timeline for Hezbollah's disarmament? To everyone’s surprise, the initiative has not, so far, provoked any backlash — even from Hezbollah’s own representatives. Instead, it was Environment Minister Tamara Zein, a close ally of Parliament Speaker and head of the Amal Movement Nabih Berri, who took it upon herself to speak on behalf of the party.In an interview with the Alhurra channel on Monday, Zein expressed her opposition to any disarmament...