Lebanon’s army on Friday presented to the government a plan to disarm Hezbollah, the country’s most formidable military force, in an unprecedented move that risks sparking internal conflict.

The Lebanese government, which is under intense American and regional pressure to disarm the powerful Iran-backed militia, had asked the army to present its plan by early August, despite a rejection by Hezbollah and its allies.

At a cabinet meeting on Friday, five ministers from Hezbollah and its allied Amal party withdrew as the government began discussing the plan, according to the NNA news agency.

The Lebanese army’s plan is an unprecedented effort to disarm Iran’s most powerful regional proxy and one of the biggest non-state threats to Israel. Despite being significantly weakened by Israel over

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