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Hezbollah ministers, Shi'ite allies walk out of Lebanese cabinet meeting over disarmament proposal, sources say

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Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah ministers and Muslim Shi'ite allies in the Lebanese cabinet have withdrawn from a cabinet meeting on Thursday in protest at discussions on a proposal to disarm Hezbollah, three Lebanese political sources told Reuters.

The terrorist militia refuses to lay down its arms © Mena Today 

The terrorist militia refuses to lay down its arms © Mena Today 

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah ministers and Muslim Shi'ite allies in the Lebanese cabinet have withdrawn from a cabinet meeting on Thursday in protest at discussions on a proposal to disarm Hezbollah, three Lebanese political sources told Reuters.

Lebanon's cabinet told the army on Tuesday to draw up a plan to establish a state monopoly on arms in a challenge to Hezbollah, which rejects calls to disarm.

Reporting by Laila Bassam

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