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U.S. Envoy: Lebanon Has More to Do on Disarming Hizbullah
(AFP) Lebanon still has more to do on disarming Hizbullah following the war with Israel, Deputy U.S. Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus said Tuesday. As part of a deal agreed on to end 14 months of fighting last November, Hizbullah was to withdraw its fighters north of Lebanon's Litani River. The Lebanese army has been deploying in the area and has been dismantling Hizbullah infrastructure there. Lebanese authorities "have done more (to disarm Hizbullah) in the last six months than they probably have in the last 15 years," Ortagus told the Qatar Economic Forum. "However, there's a lot more to go. We in the United States have called for the full disarmament of Hizbullah. And so that doesn't mean just south of the Litani. That means in the whole country."