📰 2 sources 3 articles · 10 Nov 2026, 11:08 → 35 minutes ago

Bassil places a proposal on the international force in the president's custody and calls for consultation with states

After meeting the president of the republic in Baabda, the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, at the head of a parliamentary delegation from the Strong Lebanon bloc, announced that he placed a proposal regarding the international force in the president's custody. He proposed that the force be composed of the permanent members of the Security Council, calling for consultation with states to pull Lebanon out of a state of waiting, and stressing the exclusivity of weapons, Israel's withdrawal and Lebanon's neutrality.

📍 Where things stand: The proposal is now in the president's custody, with Bassil calling for consultations with states on the formation of the international force.

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10 Nov 2026, 11:08 After meeting the president of the republic, the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, said the movement had placed its proposal regarding the international force in the president's custody, and called for consultation with states to pull Lebanon out of a state of waiting.
10 Nov 2026, 11:08 Bassil proposed that the international force be composed of the permanent members of the Security Council, with the aim of ensuring balance in dealing with Lebanon and Israel.
10 Nov 2026, 11:14 From Baabda, at the head of a parliamentary delegation from the Strong Lebanon bloc, Bassil again announced that he had placed a proposal with the president of the republic regarding the international forces, calling for consultations with states to pull Lebanon out of a state of waiting, and stressing a balanced international force, the exclusivity of weapons and Israel's withdrawal, as well as a national security strategy and Lebanon's neutrality, affirming his desire for peace and his rejection of the Israeli occupation's use of normalization as an imposition.

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Name of the president of the republic who received Bassil

Michel Aoun according to lebanon debate
Joseph Aoun according to MTV Lebanon

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