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The United States has demanded that Hezbollah must not be part of Lebanon’s government.

Washington’s Deputy Middle East Envoy Morgan Ortagus said on Friday after meeting Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun that she was “not afraid” of the armed group “because they’ve been defeated militarily”. However, she said that the US has made its continued role in the government a “red line”.

Later on Friday, the head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, Mohammed Raad, slammed Ortagus’s comments as “blatant interference” in Lebanon’s affairs.

Ortagus is the first senior US official to visit Lebanon since US President Donald Trump took office and since Aoun was elected president.

Her visit comes amid a stalled cabinet formation process in Lebanon, where government posts are apportioned on sectarian lines. Hezbollah’s ally, the Amal Movement, has insisted on approving all Shia Muslim ministers, keeping the process in deadlock.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 41 minutes ago

GTFO, imperialists.

[–] arafatknee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Just worth pointing out that Hamas was democratically elected in 2005 and the US and the West threw a hissy fit which led to the never ending siege of Gaza.

Democracy only applies when you vote for who the Americans want.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

Netanyahu bought it with a golden pager. Now US officials just follow his demands. The art of the deal, amiright?

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

So we're canceling Hazbollah now?

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

This is the opposite of what worked in the Good Friday Accords (and many other peace deals). It might not feel great but turning a militant group into a political party — which was already happening in Lebanon — is how lasting peace gets made.