What we know about army's plan to monopolize arms
The plan requested by the government for monopolizing arms before the year’s end was finalized by the Lebanese Army’s command more than two weeks ago, media reports said.
“The plan contains stages and timetables for executing each stage,” Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Tuesday.
“The plan supposes cooperation from Hezbollah and coordination with it to ensure a smooth implementation, as has been happening south of the Litani River, without that meaning that there will be submission to a certain situation, seeing as the plan was devised to be implemented, and accordingly it involves several scenarios that guarantee the success of its implementation,” the daily said.
The plan is also “based on the idea that the enemy of Lebanon and the Lebanese is Israel,” the newspaper added.
Noting that the plan’s implementation could be put on hold pending a positive Israeli step, Asharq al-Awsat said “Lebanese officials are still betting on a breakthrough that might be achieved by U.S. envoys Tom Barrack and Morgan Ortagus with the Israeli side, which would make it easier for them to convince Hezbollah to cooperate with the army’s weapons monopolization plan.”
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