Lebanon moves to address widespread use of weapons
BEIRUT – Lebanon moved to address the widespread possession and use of weapons in the country Wednesday after Shi@@@ite and Sunni groups used machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in a deadly, hours-long street battle that was the worst clash in Beirut since 2008.The Information Ministry announced the formation of a committee headed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri to come up with proposals for confronting the problem, a day after the fighting in a residential neighborhood of Beirut killed three members of the Shi@@@ite Hizbullah group and a follower of the conservative Sunni al-Ahbash group.The announcement touches on one of Lebanon@@@s most enduring problems: private, well-armed militias that operate outside the control of the central government.ByREUTERS06/08/2025 07:57 AMByREUTERS06/08/2025 05:36 AMByMAARIV06/07/2025 02:33 PMByWALLA!06/07/2025 11:18 AMByREUTERS06/07/2025 03:25 AM
