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The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm the Iran-backed terrorist movement, with one senior U.S. official terming Lebanon a “failed state” for its inaction.

U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Thomas Barrack, who also serves as envoy to Lebanon and Syria, said Saturday in Bahrain that Lebanon is a “failed state” because of its “paralyzed government,” The Associated Press reported. He also noted that Hezbollah retains 40,000 fighters and between 15,000 and 20,000 rockets and missiles, noting the terror group pays its militia $2,200 per month, whereas the Lebanese Armed Forces soldiers earn $275 a month and have inferior equipment as well.

The U.S. brokered a ceasefire in Nov. 2024 between the U.S.-designated

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