The US requires hezbollah be left out of the Lebanese government | Israel attacks Lebanese news
The US Deputy Middle East Deputy Morgan Ortagus said he was “not afraid” of the Lebanese armed group of Hezbollah.
The United States requested that Hezbollah should not be part of the Lebanese government.
Deputy Envoy of the Middle East Washington Morgan Ortagus said on Friday after meeting with President Lebanon Joseph Aoun that he “was not afraid of” armed groups “because they were military defeated.” However, she said that the US made their constant role in the Government “red line.”
It is believed that Shi’i Muslim, Iranian supported, Hezbollah weakened by the recent war of Israel to Lebanonbut holds a significant political role.
“We set clear red lines … that [Hezbollah] He will not be able to terrorize Lebanese people, which includes part of the Government, “Ortagus told reporters.
Later on Friday, head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary block, Mohammed Raad, scored Ortagus’ comments as “sharp mixing” in Lebanon’s affairs.
Ortagus’s statement was “full of malice and irresponsibility” and attacked the component of “Lebanese political life,” Raad said in a statement, adding that the remarks were “obviously interfering with Lebanon’s sovereignty.”
Ortagus is the first senior American official to visit Lebanon since US President Donald Trump took over and of Aoun was elected president.
Her visit comes due to a stopped cabinet formation process in Lebanon, where the Government posts are arranged on the sects. Hezbollah’s ally, the Amal Movement, insisted on the approval of all Shiite Muslim ministers, maintaining the trial.
Ortagus was expected to submit to Lebanese officials a difficult message about Hezbollah.
Lebanese accounts on X distributed photos and videos of demonstrations near the International Airport Rafik Hariri in Beirut, held in protest against Ortagus statement.
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– Ahmad Hamieh🇦🇷🇦🇷 (@Ahmadhamieh313) 7 February 2025
Translation: In front of Beirut Airport.
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– Mulhak – مل advance (@mulhak) 7 February 2025
Translation: Airport Road some time ago.
The interruption of fire that broke out in the United States and France to complete fight At the end of November, he ordered a deadline of 60 days to withdraw Israel from South Lebanon, and Hezbollah pulled out his fighters and weapons and Lebanese troops to deploy to the area.
However, the Israeli forces remained in southern Lebanon to carry out the demolition of operations in the border villages, and the withdrawal deadline was now extended to February 18th.
On Friday, Ortagus referred to a new retreat date, but did not explicitly say that the Israeli army would withdraw from the Lebanese territory.
“18. February will be a reversing date, when [Israeli] troops will end up diverting, and of course, [Lebanese] The troops will come behind them, so we are very devoted to that solid date, “she said.
