Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attends a meeting with the cabinet to discuss efforts to bring all weapons in the country under the control of the state, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon, August 5, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS)

The Lebanese cabinet also approved the goals proposed by the US, which would lead to the disarmament of Hezbollah and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the five remaining locations still occupied by Israel in southern Lebanon.

President Joseph Aoun pledged to assert full control over weapons throughout the country “despite the difficulties,” after Hezbolla rejected a government plan to charge the army with disarming the group by the end of the year.