Thursday, 12 Nov 2026 12 Dhu al-Qadah 2026 AH Beirut
📰 3 sources 4 articles · 11 Nov 2026, 19:10 → 50 minutes ago

Qassem calls for halting talk of weapons monopoly and for summoning five ambassadors

Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem called on the Lebanese authorities to stop talking about confining weapons to the state under the ceiling of Israeli aggression, describing the proposal as disarmament. In a Martyr's Day speech in Beirut's southern suburb, he also urged the Foreign Ministry to summon the ambassadors of five countries over a joint statement on weapons monopoly.

📍 Where things stand: The position stands on Hezbollah's rejection of disarming the resistance amid the Israeli military presence, along with its call for the five ambassadors to be summoned.

⏱️ Timeline

  1. 11 Nov 2026, 19:10 Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem called on the Lebanese authorities to stop talking about confining weapons under the ceiling of aggression, considering that this proposal amounts to a disarmament that Israel wants under the aggression.
  2. 12 Nov 2026, 06:04 In a speech marking Martyr's Day in Beirut's southern suburb, Naim Qassem called on Lebanon's Foreign Ministry to summon the ambassadors of the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan, considering their joint statement on confining weapons to the state an interference in internal affairs; he renewed the party's rejection of disarming the resistance amid the Israeli military presence and criticized the Framework Agreement.
Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

How the sources covered it

The lebanon debate and Lebanon ON coverage focused on Qassem's call to stop talking about confining weapons and its description as disarmament, while Anadolu Ajansı led with the demand to summon the five ambassadors and placed it in the context of the Martyr's Day speech, the party's rejection of disarming the resistance and its criticism of the Framework Agreement.

AI comparison of what each outlet emphasized. It describes emphasis, not accuracy.
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📰 All coverage

📅 2026-11-12
Anadolu Ajansı 06:11
Hezbollah Calls on Lebanon's Foreign Ministry to Summon Ambassadors of 5 Countries Over Weapons-Monopoly Statement
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, in a speech marking "Martyr's Day" in Beirut's southern suburbs, called on Lebanon's Foreign Ministry to summon the ambassadors of the Unit…
Anadolu Ajansı 06:04
Hezbollah calls on Lebanon's Foreign Ministry to summon ambassadors of 5 countries over weapons-restriction statement
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem called on Lebanon's Foreign Ministry to summon the ambassadors of the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan, considering their…
📅 2026-11-11
Lebanon ON 19:24
Naim Qassem calls on Lebanese authority to stop talking about weapons exclusivity under the ceiling of aggression
Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem called on the Lebanese authority to stop talking about the exclusivity of weapons under the ceiling of aggression, considering that t…
lebanon debate 19:10
Qassem: I call on the authorities to stop talking about restricting weapons under the roof of aggression; this is called disarmament
Qassem called on the authorities to stop talking about restricting weapons under the roof of aggression, considering that this proposal amounts to disarmament that Israel wants und…