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Inside Lebanon’s Audacious Disarmament Plan

The state faces a stark choice to confront groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas or risk another war with Israel. October 1, 2025, 12:01 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

A woman wearing a black headscarf holds up a weapon as she stands next to a large portrait of Nasrallah.

BEIRUT—The new Lebanese government, elected and formed in the aftermath of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hezbollah last year, is pursuing an audacious U.S.-backed plan to disarm all nonstate armed groups in Lebanon.

Chief among those groups is Hezbollah. The Shiite group’s iconic figurehead, Hassan Nasrallah, remains Hezbollah’s leader in spirit. “We absolutely must keep fighting,” said Ali Nassif, a restaurant owner in Dahiyeh, Hezbollah’s strong

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