Washington Conditions Support for Lebanon on Hezbollah's Disarmament: A Decisive Test for Aoun

South Lebanon as a "Test Zone": US military sources are evaluating the Lebanese Army's capacity to secure borders and prevent Hezbollah's return through a trial-zone model.
Financial and Military Aid Conditional: Additional aid is strictly tied to concrete actions: military deployment, border control, preventing weapons smuggling, and establishing civilian accountability.
Warnings Against "Old Tricks": Washington rejects past stalling tactics and places the "burden of proof" entirely on President Joseph Aoun, with US Central Command (CENTCOM) closely monitoring ground operations.
Iran and Regional Instability: The US maintains that Iran uses Hezbollah as a tool to destabilize the Levant and threaten Israel.
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These strict conditions and direct military oversight reveal how Washington has completely pulled the sovereignty mat from under the Lebanese state—turning Hezbollah's disarmament and state authority into an external checklist dictated from abroad, where national credibility is put on trial.