Washington is ramping up pressure on Beirut to swiftly issue a formal cabinet decision committing to disarm Hezbollah before talks can resume on a halt to Israel’s military operations in Lebanon. Without a public commitment from Lebanese ministers, the US will no longer dispatch US envoy Thomas Barrack to Beirut for negotiations with Lebanese officials, or pressure Israel either to stop air strikes or pull its troops from south Lebanon, according to sources. Washington and Beirut have been in talks for nearly six weeks on a US roadmap to fully disarm the militant Lebanese Hezbollah party.
July 30, 2025 | 09:20 AM