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Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah ministers and Muslim Shi'ite allies in the Lebanese cabinet have withdrawn from a cabinet meeting on Thursday in protest at discussions on a proposal to disarm Hezbollah, three Lebanese political sources told Reuters.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Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah ministers and Muslim Shi'ite allies in the Lebanese cabinet have withdrawn from a cabinet meeting on Thursday in protest at discussions on a proposal to disarm Hezbollah, three Lebanese political sources told Reuters.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