Washington Has One Chance to Help Disarm Hezbollah

As Lebanon moves to confront the country’s most dangerous militia, U.S. support will be vital.

Hezbollah supporters chant slogans during a protest against a planned visit of the US envoy to south Lebanon, on August 27, 2025, in Tyre. September 2, 2025, 5:11 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

On Aug. 26, U.S. special envoy Tom Barrack revealed that Lebanon would soon present its plan to convince Hezbollah to give up its arms after some 40 years of maintaining an autonomous militia. Hezbollah has refused to accept decades of demands to disarm. Now the party’s secretary-general has vowed it will never relinquish its weapons, threatening to fight the government if need be.

Needless to say, disarming Hezbollah would be an enorm

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