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Report: Hezbollah tells US ready for concessions in return for ''victory image'' — Naharnet
2025-07-10
[NAHARNET] The head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc MP Mohammad Raad carried a message to Speaker Nabih Berri on the eve of the Lebanese response to U.S. envoy Tom Barrack's paper, sources from the U.S. Republican Party said.

''Hezbollah, through its representative, told Berri that it is ready to offer full concessions to the United States in return for being able to claim a victory image through the media,'' the Janoubia news portal quoted the sources as saying.

Hezbollah demanded ''a partial Israeli withdrawal from five border points and the release of some of the captives, in order to promote such a step as a heroic achievement that would restore some of its eroding popular legitimacy,'' the sources claimed.
Related:
Mohammad Raad 06/03/2025 Salam meets Berri in Ain el-Tineh, says his doors ''always open'' for Hezbollah
Mohammad Raad 01/30/2025 Israeli strike in southern Lebanon’s Majdal Selm said to injure five people
Mohammad Raad 01/28/2025 Israel and Lebanon extend truce, with IDF troop withdrawal deadline moved to Feb. 18

Related:
Nabih Berri 07/05/2025 Hezbollah to reply within 48 hours to Lebanese paper after Aoun-Berri talks
Nabih Berri 07/03/2025 Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem: 'We will not submit to threats and will not surrender our weapons to the Israeli enemy.'
Nabih Berri 07/02/2025 US gave Lebanon until today to respond to demand Hezbollah relinquish weapons, sources say

Related:
Tom Barrack 07/08/2025 Leb: 10 hurt in Israeli strikes on South and Bekaa Sunday, 2 airstruck Monday
Tom Barrack 07/07/2025 Hezbollah chief vows not to surrender weapons under Israeli threats
Tom Barrack 07/05/2025 Hezbollah to reply within 48 hours to Lebanese paper after Aoun-Berri talks

Posted by:Fred

#2  They want a 'participation trophy'.
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-07-10 08:14  

#1  The pro Iran-Qatar-Russia faction of the Trump 47 administration will likely let them save face and preserve "popular legitimacy."

This is how you ensure wars never end.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2025-07-10 02:06  

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