Report: U.S. Congress to Study Plan Dividing Lebanon into 'Two Security Zones'

Steps and Ideas to implement the U.N. resolution 1559 have started in Washington, according to Middle East expert and former Donald Trump foreign policy advisor Walid Phares.

Al-Liwaa newspaper quoted Phares as saying that the U.S. Congress will study a "security plan prepared by Lebanese groups" for "dividing Lebanon into two security zones."

The first zone includes the South, the southern suburb of Beirut and eastern Bekaa, and will be under the control of Hizbullah.

The second zone will be under the control of international forces and legitimate Lebanese forces, including the army and internal security forces, according to Phares.

The project is a prerequisite for Arab and international aid.

He also revealed that the project will be presented at the U.N. Security Council for approval, al-Liwaa said, as a transitional stage before the congressional elections in November.