Two Lebanese Sunni groups have rejected a deal signed in Washington that would link the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon to the disarmament of Hezbollah, calling it a “malicious attempt” to subordinate security to Israeli-American conditions, Al Jazeera reports.
The Al-Umma Movement and the Sunni Authority for Supporting the Resistance have issued a joint statement after a meeting in Beirut, which says linking the withdrawal of Israeli troops from occupied territory to the disarmament is “a flagrant violation of all red lines”.
The groups also condemned provisions in the agreement they say grant Israel “a direct role in monitoring the implementation of security commitments and evaluating the performance of the Lebanese army”.
