The last American report on the Hizbullah weapon … new data

The American “Defense of Democrats” Foundation (FDD) has published a new report in which it spoke about the issue of disarmament of “Hezbollah” in Lebanon.

The report translated by “Lebanon 24” says that the American envoy Thomas Barak made a diplomatic mistake that made Lebanon’s efforts to disarm the “party”, and added: “independently of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and without experience in Lebanon or Israel affairs, Barak in July drafted an American paper, a series of confidence -building measures that require mutual steps from Lebanon and Israel.”
He added: “The ally of Hezbollah, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, is much more experienced than Barak, so he seizes the opportunity. The American draft that Lebanon approved was obligated to stop monitoring Hizbullah early, as soon as the Lebanese Council of Ministers voted for disarmament. Also, Barak set the date of the end of last August to present the Lebanese army its plans, and the end of the year to complete disarmament.”
He continued: “Barak’s hobby has reached its climax when he obliged Israel to stop Israel’s operations against Lebanon and the withdrawal of the Israeli army from Lebanese territory without any consultation, while also made inflammatory statements, including accusing Israel of dividing the Arab countries to control it and claimed that Netanyahu was brutally treated with non -Israelis.”
He continued: “On the other hand, Israel continued to monitor Hezbollah, and the Lebanese Council of Ministers announced, citing Israeli strikes on Hezbollah weapons warehouses and agents, that these actions violate the agreement to stop hostilities.”
The report stated that “in the meantime, the state’s resources will be complemented by the disarmament process.” He added: “The Lebanese army informed the cabinet that it lacks the ability to disarm Hizbullah by the end of the year. Higher. This means that disarmament will take 15 months of today, that is, in December 2026.
He continued: “The delay in disarmament means that Lebanon will hold its parliamentary elections scheduled for May 2026, while Hezbollah retains its weapons and thus its strong control over the Shiite bloc, and therefore parliament and the rest of the state. The 15 -month period will give Hizbullah sufficient time to reorganize its ranks in the event that regional dynamics change. For this reason, most of the preachers of dismantling are tightened Hizbullah arsenal on the necessity of completing the process by March at the latest, allowing the Lebanese state to rebuild itself after Hizbullah starting from next May. In turn, the “PoliticStode” website published a report in which he said that “although the discussions related to Hizbullah were part of the Lebanese policy since the Taif Agreement in 1989; The loss of Hezbollah for its entire supreme leadership, the Israeli attacks on its weapons warehouses and the change of the regime in Syria amid the decline in Iranian regional influence, paved the way for negotiations on Hizbullah and its weapons in this clear and powerful way for the first time.
The report translated by “Lebanon 24” stated that “with the beginning of the year 2025, Lebanon achieved a relative stability by electing a president and forming a new government, and began to draw a new path in domestic and external politics to determine its position in the regional equation.” He added: “However, the issue of dismantling the military wing of Hezbollah, which has always been the most important armed force in the country, and removing its weapon, restored the political facade in the political facade in The country continued, “Although Hezbollah is ever weaker, the lack of concrete results of negotiations, the government’s inability to manage the operation well, and the continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon, indicates that the process of handing over possible weapons will be more painful than expected.
He continued: “The issue of disarmament of Hizbullah, which was the first clause on the agenda of Nawaf Salam, who took over the new government on February 8, 2025, entered a new stage when Salam accepted the proposal of the American delegate Tom Barak on August 5, and decided that there were no armed elements in Lebanon. The transition to this new stage was greatly affected by expanding the scope of the UN Security Council resolution issued after the 2006 war within the framework of the Barak project to disarm Hizbullah. In fact, as mentioned earlier, the issue of Hizbullah’s weapon was discussed in the 1990s, and it was in 2006. In line with this decision, it was expected that there was no armed forces except the Lebanese army in southern Lebanon. The war, and made statements in which he said that the United Nations Resolution 1701 is not sufficient, and that the United States is working on developing a formula to end the conflict permanently, noting that the security strategies against Hizbullah have been limited much earlier.
He continued: “At this stage, it is understood that the item contained in the proposal presented by Tom Barak, which calls for the removal of weapons of Hizbullah not only from southern Lebanon, but also from the suburbs, Bekaa, Baalbek and all the areas controlled by the group, was planned by Washington and Tel Aviv a long time ago. With this, H. Israeli – American.
He continued: “The continuation of Hizbullah in raising the slogan of the Maqa. Harmae that the process of delivering its weapons will stumble for some time, and no tangible progress will be made until December 2025, which is the deadline for the state to control the weapon.”
The report considered that “the Lebanese army does not have a deterrent force capable of confronting Hizbullah, in addition to the inability of the Lebanese government to draw a path to remove its weapon that does not lead to an internal conflict.” He added: “These are all clear indications that the party will not back down in the short term.”
He added: “Another point worth noting at this stage is that if Israel withdrew from the lands. Hizbullah’s scenarios are cooperating with the Lebanese army, and its soldiers may be combined in the Lebanese army.

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Translated by “Lebanon 24”