The Lebanese Government to Hezbollah: Your Statements "Carry a Veiled Threat of Civil War"
August 15, 2025119 ViewsRead Time: 2 minutes
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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam confirmed today, Friday, in an interview with the newspaper "Asharq Al-Awsat", that the statements of Hezbollah's Secretary-General Naim Qassem "carry a veiled threat of civil war", stressing that "no one in Lebanon today wants civil war, and the threat or hinting at it is completely rejected".
Salam expressed his rejection of the accusations that the Lebanese government is implementing an "American-Israeli project", pointing out that "our decisions are purely Lebanese, made in the Council of Ministers and no one dictates them to us".
Salam added: "The Taif Agreement is our charter, and it clearly states the extension of the Lebanese state's authority over all its territory with its own forces", affirming that "there is no party in Lebanon authorized to carry arms outside the framework of the Lebanese state".
He also emphasized that "no one has asked for Hezbollah's weapons to be handed over to the Israeli enemy as some promote, but to the Lebanese army, which we refuse to question its patriotism", warning against "irresponsible actions that may encourage strife".
Qassem had earlier made a series of decisive statements during a televised speech he delivered in Baalbek on the occasion of commemorating the fortieth anniversary of Imam Hussein, rejecting the Lebanese Cabinet's decision to restrict arms to the state, describing it as "implementation of an American-Israeli order".
Salam expressed his rejection of the accusations that the Lebanese government is implementing an "American-Israeli project", pointing out that "our decisions are purely Lebanese, made in the Council of Ministers and no one dictates them to us".
Salam added: "The Taif Agreement is our charter, and it clearly states the extension of the Lebanese state's authority over all its territory with its own forces", affirming that "there is no party in Lebanon authorized to carry arms outside the framework of the Lebanese state".
He also emphasized that "no one has asked for Hezbollah's weapons to be handed over to the Israeli enemy as some promote, but to the Lebanese army, which we refuse to question its patriotism", warning against "irresponsible actions that may encourage strife".
Qassem had earlier made a series of decisive statements during a televised speech he delivered in Baalbek on the occasion of commemorating the fortieth anniversary of Imam Hussein, rejecting the Lebanese Cabinet's decision to restrict arms to the state, describing it as "implementation of an American-Israeli order".
