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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Lebanon Factions to Resume Talks on Hezbollah Arms
2006-06-29
Lebanese leaders are due to resume round-table talks today aimed at resolving the thorny issue of pro-Syrian resistance group Hezbollah's right to keep its weapons. Leaders from across the political spectrum will continue discussions on the last item on the agenda of the national dialogue launched early March: a defense strategy for Lebanon in the face of a potential threat from Israel.

Members of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority maintain that any defense strategy should keep decisions to "protect Lebanon" in the hands of the state and regular army. But pro-Syrian groups, led by Hezbollah, have so far rejected UN Security Council demands to disarm and calls from within Lebanon to merge their fighters with the regular army. Today's meeting comes after a heated public debate about Hezbollah's weapons.
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