November 12, 2026
The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, called for urgent official action before the UN Security Council to avoid the repercussions of the next stage on Lebanon, warning of the dangers of a waiting policy in light of sensitive international entitlements that may impose on Beirut arrangements that lead to internal problems.
Bassil stressed, during his intervention in the evening session of the House of Representatives, which was held on Thursday, November 12, 2026, that Lebanon is going through a delicate stage that requires initiative and not just being the recipient of reactions, saying: “We all sense a real danger and we are in a waiting stage, and after a month and a half we are in a rolling state… and the Security Council is not waiting for us.”
Bassil sent a direct appeal to the President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, the Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nabih Berri, calling on the government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, to formulate and submit an integrated draft resolution to the Security Council, instead of waiting for external agreements of unknown content.
Bassil explained that the proposed draft resolution must address fundamental files that do not constitute a subject of internal disagreement, most notably: the Israeli withdrawal, the return of displaced persons and prisoners, the reconstruction file, and the exclusivity of weapons in the hands of the Lebanese state based on the ministerial statement and government decisions, in addition to including in the preamble Lebanon’s tendency to distance itself from wars and develop a national security strategy.
Bassil’s call gains importance in light of the approaching end of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), in accordance with Security Council Resolution No. 2790 issued on August 28, 2025, which stipulated the end of its mission on December 31, 2026, and the start of an orderly reduction in its numbers and withdrawal within a year. It is an entitlement that restores the forefront of the file of security arrangements in southern Lebanon and defines the framework regulating the outstanding files.
