The army will have all weapons near the Israeli border in state control within three months, according to Youssef Raggi
(Sept. 10, 2025 / JNS) Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi asserted on Tuesday that the country’s armed forces will have fully disarmed the Hezbollah terrorist group in Southern Lebanon within three months.
Beirut’s top diplomat told AFP that Rodolphe Haykal, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, presented the government with a five-stage plan last week to implement a policy under which all weapons are controlled by the state.
Raggi said that the first stage will include the removal of all weapons south of the Litani River by November. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted in 2006, requires the complete demilitarization of the Iranian terror proxy south of the Litani River and no armed groups in Lebanon other than the official army and UNIFIL. The river is located some 18 miles north of the Israeli border.