US Envoy: Disarm Hezbollah Or Israel, Syria Will Conquer Lebanon | Jul 12, 2025

 US Envoy: Disarm Hezbollah Or Israel, Syria Will Conquer Lebanon | Jul 12, 2025

Syria denies reports of escalatory tensions with Lebanon

In comments in an interview with The National, US Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack warned that Lebanon faces an “existential” crisis if they don’t give in to US demands to fully disarm Hezbollah and all other armed factions by November.

“You have Israel on one side, you have Iran on the other, and now you have Syria manifesting itself,” Barrack insisted, adding that if Lebanon doesn’t give in to the demands both Israel and Syria are liable to just carve up the area as Bilad al-Sham, or Greater Syria.

“ If Lebanon doesn’t hurry up and get in line, everyone around them will, ” Barrack cautioned. The US recently issued demands or Lebanon to disarm everyone, though last week Lebanon responded after Hezbollah made it clear they would not disarm simply because of US demands.

Tom Barrack with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa | Image from X

While Barrack presented himself as “ unbelievably satisfied ” at the time, which was less than a week ago, his current comments suggest he is anything but, and rejecting the US demands seem to have escalated into full-scale threats to wipe Lebanon off the map by way of US allies.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Antiwar.com

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