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Report: Qassem's verbal escalation aimed at reassuring popular base

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim resorted to verbal escalation days before U.S. envoy Tom Barrack’s return to Beirut in order to “obtain needed guarantees to reassure his popular base about Hezbollah’s political future in the political structure that is being reconfigured,” political sources informed on the deliberations between Hezbollah and the Amal Movement said.

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What did Barrack discuss with Lebanese officials?

The Lebanese response delivered to U.S. envoy Tom Barrack on Monday “demanded an end to Israel's violations in return for the removal of arms north of the Litani,” sources told Al-Arabiya television.

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Barrack says Trump wants prosperity in Lebanon, US can't guarantee Israel's actions

Visiting U.S. envoy Tom Barrack met Monday with President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and is scheduled to meet later in the day with political and religious leaders, and on Tuesday with Speaker Nabih Berri.

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Israeli drones bomb 2 southern areas after strikes kill 2

Israeli drones at dawn targeted a building blocks factory between the towns of Yaroun and Maroun al-Ras as well as the al-Mahafer area on Aitaroun's outskirts, causing no casualties, the National News Agency said

The Health Ministry said Israeli strikes killed two people in south Lebanon on Saturday as the Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah operatives.

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Salam to Qassem: Hand over weapons to Lebanon, not to Israel

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has noted that the paper presented to Lebanon by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack is for "the implementation of the cessation of hostilities arrangements and not a new agreement" as Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has suggested.

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Report: Berri tells US Hezbollah to hand over arms if Israel makes a step

Friday’s meeting between President Joseph Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri lasted 45 minutes and was aimed at “coordinating Lebanese stances prior to U.S. envoy Tom Barrack’s visit” to Lebanon, which will take place on Tuesday, MTV said.

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Qassem says to talk 'defense strategy' after 'existential threat' ends

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has said that his group senses the presence of an “existential threat,” citing Israel’s “genocidal war” in Gaza, its attacks on Syria and Iran, the new Islamist rulers in Damascus, and the sectarian massacres in Syria.

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Lebanon's Druze spiritual leader rejects Israeli interference in Syria

The spiritual leader of the Druze community in Lebanon, Sheikh Sami Abi al-Muna, said at a gathering of Druze officials in Beirut that sectarian clashes in Syria “give an excuse for Israeli intervention and for blowing up the situation in the region.”

“We do not accept to request protection from Israel, which we believe is harmful to our history and identity,” he said.

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Jumblat calls for reason and wisdom in face of 'long' Sweida conflict

Druze leader in Lebanon Walid Jumblat urged the Druze community to use reason and wisdom before reacting and throwing accusations after clashes in Syria's Sweida province spread to Lebanon.

After an extraordinary meeting of the Druze Council, Jumblat proposed ceasefire and dialogue, adding that Jabal al-Arab in Sweida is an integral part of Syria and condemning Israeli attacks on Syria and Lebanon.

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Army urges Lebanese to show unity, protect civil peace

The Lebanese Army said Friday that it will not allow “any security breach or harm against civil peace,” urging the Lebanese not to “carry out any act that can have uncalculated repercussions on security” amid the current local and regional developments.

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