Report: Hezbollah wants real defense strategy before handing over arms

Hezbollah has a “different approach” regarding the paper that has been submitted by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack to Lebanon, al-Liwaa newspaper reported on Tuesday.

“Hezbollah is linking the fate of its arms to reaching a real defense strategy and it believes that there is no need to rush to giving up the card of strength that is in Lebanon’s hand before compelling Israel to implement its part of the ceasefire agreement,” the daily said.

The Iran-backed group sees that “the priority is withdrawal from the five points, halting the attacks, delineating the land border and releasing the captives, in addition to the reconstruction file,” al-Liwaa added, quoting unnamed sources.