BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 Lebanon\u2019s parliament has ratified the international Arms Trade Treaty, angering Hezbollah legislators, some of whom walked out in protest.<\/p>\n
The 2014 treaty seeks to regulate international trade in conventional arms and prevent illicit trade. Hezbollah legislator Ali Ammar walked out of the parliament Tuesday, saying it \u201cinfringes on the weapons of the resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n
After Lebanon\u2019s 15-year civil war ended in 1990, Hezbollah was allowed to keep its weapons since it was fighting Israeli forces occupying parts of southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
Hezbollah today has a massive arsenal including tens of thousands of rockets and missiles. The group sent thousands of its fighters to Syria to fight along President Bashar Assad\u2019s forces.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister designate Saad Hariri said after the treaty was approved that it has nothing to do with Hezbollah\u2019s weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 Lebanon\u2019s parliament has ratified the international Arms Trade Treaty, angering Hezbollah legislators, some of whom walked out in protest. The 2014 treaty seeks to regulate international trade in conventional arms and prevent illicit trade. Hezbollah legislator Ali Ammar walked out of the parliament Tuesday, saying it \u201cinfringes on the weapons of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":108466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[42622,32352,23038,10138,26788],"class_list":["post-108463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section","tag-ali-ammar","tag-bashar-assad","tag-lebanon","tag-parliament","tag-saad-hariri"],"yoast_head":"\n