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HEZBOLLAH DISARMAMENT

Disarming Hezbollah: Mixed signals or coordinated messaging?

The party is willing to discuss the arms issue, but only within the framework of a defense strategy.

Disarming Hezbollah: Mixed signals or coordinated messaging?

UNIFIL vehicles patrol in Kfar Kila, south Lebanon, on April 6, 2025. (Credit: Rabih Daher/AFP)

Hezbollah indirectly denied a senior Hezbollah official's surprise statement to Reuters Wednesday that the group would discuss disarmament with the president if Israel withdrew from south Lebanon and ceased its strikes. The party said that only its official published statements are valid. However, the claim relayed by Reuters seems to fit with the logic of changes transpiring in the region after the weakening of the Iranian axis. The U.S. and Iran announced that they will resume talks on Saturday in Oman and media leaked a few days ago indicated a possible disarmament of pro-Iranian militias in Iraq. The overall atmosphere suggests that 'taboo' questions are becoming less so with the shift in the balance of power. Read more on this Salam says Hezbollah's weapons to be discussed 'soon' "There is no reason to link it...
Hezbollah indirectly denied a senior Hezbollah official's surprise statement to Reuters Wednesday that the group would discuss disarmament with the president if Israel withdrew from south Lebanon and ceased its strikes. The party said that only its official published statements are valid. However, the claim relayed by Reuters seems to fit with the logic of changes transpiring in the region after the weakening of the Iranian axis. The U.S. and Iran announced that they will resume talks on Saturday in Oman and media leaked a few days ago indicated a possible disarmament of pro-Iranian militias in Iraq. The overall atmosphere suggests that 'taboo' questions are becoming less so with the shift in the balance of power. Read more on this Salam says Hezbollah's weapons to be discussed 'soon' "There is no reason to link...