Protests have broken out in Beirut after the Lebanese government signed a peace agreement with Israel and the US that was rejected by Hezbollah.
People gathered in the streets waving Hezbollah and Iranian flags. Armed Hezbollah supporters rode in motorcades, while government troops were deployed across the capital and set up checkpoints.
Under the agreement signed on Friday, Israel and Lebanon affirmed “the right of each state to exist in peace” and expressed their intention to conclude a lasting peace.
Hezbollah, however, has demanded that Israel completely withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon.
Hassan Fadlallah, a Hezbollah MP, warned that…
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