'Region-by-region' plan may be adopted for Hezbollah disarmament
A “region-by-region” plan for Hezbollah’s disarmament may be proposed when “serious dialogue” kicks off between President Joseph Aoun and Hezbollah, a media report said on Monday.
Under such a plan, weapons would be handed over “according to regional order and importance,” the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper said.
The priority would be for the South Litani area, where Israel has nearly destroyed all of Hezbollah’s arms depots and military bases and where the Lebanese Army has 80% cleared the area, the report added.
The next area would be the North Litani area, where the army has only seized seven Hezbollah bases and depots, the report said, adding that the third area would be Beirut’s southern suburbs and nearby neighborhoods, where Hezbollah’s military and political leadership is based.
The last disarmament area would be the Bekaa, the report said, noting that such a plan would be better than handing over the weapons according to caliber -- heavy-caliber then medium-caliber then light-caliber.
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