Lebanon, US discuss linking Hezbollah’s disarmament to Israeli withdrawal – Middle East Monitor

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced Monday that ideas were discussed with US envoy Tom Barrack for a synchronized process that would link Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanese territory to the disarmament of the Hezbollah group.

Speaking at a press conference following his meeting with Barrack, who is in Beirut to receive Lebanon’s official response to a US proposal to disarm Hezbollah, Salam confirmed that “limiting weapons to the state and extending…