2020-07-30 | By middleeastmonitor | 78 Hits

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to extend the national emergency order for Lebanon beyond August 1 2020 citing concerns over the strength of Hezbollah in a statement released yesterday The extension according to the statement is because of certain ongoing activities including Iranian arms transfers to Hezbollah which constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States Iranian arms transfers to Hezbollah which include increasingly sophisticated weapons systems >>READ MORE