A visit to Washington by Lebanese army chief Rodolphe Haykal has been cancelled after his forces denounced Israeli “enemy” attacks on Lebanese territory.
Lebanese military and security sources said the US move is aimed at pressuring Lebanese authorities, amid growing frustration over the pace of Hezbollah’s disarmament.
The army chief’s trip was scrapped because the US “didn’t seem happy with the latest army statement”, a Lebanese security source told The National.
They said the statement on Sunday, issued after Israeli forces fired at a UN peacekeeping patrol, blamed Israeli actions “without mentioning Hezbollah’s disarmament at all”.
US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on X that Gen Haykal was “a giant setback for efforts to move Lebanon forward”.
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