|
Trending Topics
|
Pompeo Asks Lebanon to Dismantle Hizbullah's Missile Factory
(Asharq Al-Awsat-UK) Israeli sources revealed on Thursday that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a warning letter to Lebanese President Michel Aoun, urging him to dismantle a factory set up by Hizbullah in the Bekaa Valley to develop and modernize its missiles before Israel attacks it. The U.S. message was transferred directly to Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, who is known for his close ties to Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Pompeo told Bassil that the U.S. would support the Israeli attack in Lebanon.