Cabinet granting an audience to the Lebanese Army Commander-in-Chief Rodolph Haykal, in the Baabda Presidential Palace, Dec. 4, 2025. (Credit: Lebanese Presidency's official account)
As with every first Cabinet session of the month, Army Commander Rodolph Haykal presented to the government on Thursday the detailed monthly report on the army’s progress in implementing the plan for Hezbollah’s disarmament.The first phase is expected to be concluded by Dec. 31, 2025. Beyond this now-routine exercise, Thursday’s briefing is significant for several reasons.First, it shows the army’s determination to see the mission through in order to remove from Israel any pretext for a military escalation in Lebanon. Context Cabinet briefed on army advances in the South More importantly, the meeting took place one day after the appointment of former ambassador Simon Karam as Lebanon’s civilian representative to the meetings of the “Mechanism” responsible for overseeing the November 2024 cease-fire.Although the choice of Karam is a...
As with every first Cabinet session of the month, Army Commander Rodolph Haykal presented to the government on Thursday the detailed monthly report on the army’s progress in implementing the plan for Hezbollah’s disarmament.The first phase is expected to be concluded by Dec. 31, 2025. Beyond this now-routine exercise, Thursday’s briefing is significant for several reasons.First, it shows the army’s determination to see the mission through in order to remove from Israel any pretext for a military escalation in Lebanon. Context Cabinet briefed on army advances in the South More importantly, the meeting took place one day after the appointment of former ambassador Simon Karam as Lebanon’s civilian representative to the meetings of the “Mechanism” responsible for overseeing the November 2024 cease-fire.Although the choice...
