Report: Hezbollah awaits army plan before political, popular steps

Hezbollah and the Amal Movement “are still showing restraint and stressing their keenness on not being dragged into a domestic problem that the U.S. and KSA are seeking and pushing for,” the pro-Hezbollah daily al-Akhbar reported on Monday.

The Shiite Duo is “still discussing its political choices in the face of these decisions and until yesterday (Sunday) coordination was still ongoing between Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, with an inclination not to withdraw from the government, based on a previous experience with Fouad Saniora’s government, which continued to convene and take decisions in the absence of a main component of the country,” the newspaper said.

“Communication between the Duo and President Joseph Aoun has been severed since (Tuesday’s) cabinet session, despite the messages that Baabda is sending on the absence of alternatives due to the major pressures that are being exerted on the country and the threats of Israeli escalation,” al-Akhbar added.

“Hezbollah is awaiting the Lebanese Army’s stance ahead of moving to a new form of political dealing and specifying its next steps, which will not be distant from popular protests and movements, but everything will depend on authorities’ performance in the coming days and weeks,” the daily said.