FACT CHECK · LEBANON: HEZBOLLAH, UNIFIL, 2006 AND 2026
Claim: Hezbollah is Lebanon's official army
FALSETHE ANSWER
Lebanon's army is the LAF. On 2 Mar 2026 PM Salam and the cabinet banned all Hezbollah military and security activity as outside the law and ordered it to hand over its weapons.
SOURCE
Al-Monitor and L'Orient-Le Jour, 2 Mar 2026; Naharnet
al-monitor.com
al-monitor.com
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