🌲 - 🇱🇧🇺🇸 Head of the Lebanese Forces Party, Samir Geagea, stated that the response to U.S. envoy Tom Barak is neither constitutional, legal, nor official, as executive authority belongs to the Council of Ministers as a whole, according to Article 65 of the Constitution. He called on the Prime Minister to convene the Cabinet to discuss the proposal, warning against dragging Lebanon toward the abyss.

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🌲 - 🇱🇧🇺🇸 U.S. envoy Tom Barak has received the official Lebanese response to the American paper, which included proposals for implementing security arrangements related to Hezbollah’s weapons.

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🌲 - 🇱🇧 MP Georges Okais of the Lebanese Forces stated on "Radio Liban Libre" that the party is considering leaving the government, given the way Lebanese leaders are handling the issue of restoring the state's monopoly over weapons.

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🌲 - 🇱🇧🇺🇸 Tom Barrack answering a reporter's question in Ain el Tine

Reporter:
Could you assure the Lebanese people that there is no incoming war

Barrack:
If I could assure the Lebanese of that, I would be walking on water

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Basically: "I'm not Jesus Christ, and I can't prevent a potential war"

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇺🇸 U.S. envoy Tom Barak is currently meeting with Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji.

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🌲 - 🇵🇸 A senior Hamas security official told the BBC on Sunday that the Palestinian Islamist movement has lost around 80% of its grip on the Gaza Strip. After 21 months of Israeli offensives following Hamas's “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation launched on October 7, 2023, the resulting power vacuum is now being filled by rival armed clans.

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🌲 - 🇱🇧🇾🇪 Hezbollah has condemned the Israeli airstrikes on Yemen.

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🌲 - 🇱🇧🇺🇸 Official Lebanese sources confirmed that there is a sense of relief, the meetings with Barak have been positive, and Lebanon is now awaiting a response from Washington and Tel Aviv.
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🌲 - 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran has "no problem" resuming nuclear negotiations with the United States, says its president.

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🌲 - 🇮🇷🇮🇱 The Iranian president accuses Israel of attempting to assassinate him.

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🌲 - 🇱🇧 Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam: The state alone holds the authority to decide on war and peace, and this was discussed with Barak. Hezbollah is part of the Lebanese state, and all its MPs approved the ministerial statement. We are working to mobilize all diplomatic support to halt Israeli aggression.

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🇺🇸🇸🇾 - US revokes designation of HTS as a terrorist organization.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Nawaf Salam: We agreed in the Cabinet on the exclusivity of weapons and the extension of state authority, and this will not be reopened for discussion. All presidents are aware that the Cabinet is the sole point of reference. Hezbollah remains committed to the Taif Agreement and the latest ceasefire deal.

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🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇱 An Israeli drone strike targeted a Rapid vehicle in the town of Deir Kifa in southern Lebanon.

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🌲 - 🇱🇧🇺🇸 U.S. envoy Tom Barak, during his meetings with Lebanese officials, emphasized that “Hezbollah is a Lebanese problem—you must resolve it yourselves,” while stressing that Lebanon now has a golden opportunity that should be seized.

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🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇱 An Israeli drone strike targeted a motorcycle in the town of Beit Lif in southern Lebanon.

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🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇱🇺🇸 MTV correspondent in Washington: Netanyahu will present to Trump a reading of the situation in southern Lebanon and how to disarm Hezbollah, and will request a green light to carry out specific strikes, not to wage a full-scale war.

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