UN Resolution 1701

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 is a resolution that was intended to resolve the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced the army has dismantled over 500 Hezbollah military positions and weapons depots [Getty]
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Lebanon accuses Israel of blocking talks amid attacks on south

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam accused Israel of refusing to enter border talks and using ongoing strikes as leverage in possible future negotiations.

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20 November, 2025
Jonathan Powell, former chief of staff to Tony Blair answers questions from the media at the launch of the Loyalist Community Council at the Park Avenue Hotel on October 13, 2015 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
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UK's Jonathan Powell to convince Hezbollah to disarm: report

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09 October, 2025
First responders and security forces' members gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a vehicle on the Khardali road in south Lebanon's Marjaayoun area on September 20, 2025. (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli strike kills 5 in south Lebanon, including 3 children

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21 September, 2025
Flames and smoke rise after Israeli warplanes carried out an airstrike on the town of Kfar Tebnit in Nabatieh province, southern Lebanon, on September 18, 2025. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Lebanon condemns Israeli strikes, says they obstruct army plan

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19 September, 2025
Fighters stand with their arms in the Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 21, 2025 as they start handing over their weapons to the Lebanese authorities. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Palestinian factions begin handing over weapons in Beirut camp

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21 August, 2025
A UNIFIL patrol moves along the route between Naqoura and Deir Kifa, passing by portraits of martyrs and a Hezbollah flag, on July 24, 2024. (Photo by ALINE DESCHAMPS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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UNIFIL faces troop cuts as UN Security Council vote looms

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21 August, 2025
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (C) holds a cabinet meeting to discuss the issue of the state monopoly on weapons in the capital Beirut, Lebanon on August 5, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency Press Office/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Lebanon govt pushes Hezbollah disarmament, UNIFIL finds tunnels

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07 August, 2025
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam (R) meets with US envoy Thomas Barrack in Beirut on July 7, 2025. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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US 'unbelievably satisfied' with Hezbollah disarmament response

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07 July, 2025
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam speaks during a press conference with his Qatari counterpart in Doha on June 24, 2025. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanon says no US 'warning' issued over Hezbollah disarmament

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02 July, 2025
Lebanese security forces take security measures as Hezbollah supporters gather in front of Beirut airport in protest against comments made by a US envoy, on February 7, 2025. (Photo by ANAGHA SUBHASH NAIR/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Hezbollah arms, Syria ties: What are the US demands of Lebanon?

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02 July, 2025
A man holding a gun stands guard as Palestinian refugees hold a demonstration in support of Gaza at Ain al-Hilweh Refugee Camp in Sidon, Lebanon on May 30, 2021. (Photo by Ali Hankir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Abbas to visit Lebanon for talks on disarming Palestinian camps

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27 April, 2025
The Lebanese army confiscated rockets and launchers near the southern port city of Sidon which it said was going to be used for an attack on Israel, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Army/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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People 'planning rocket attacks on Israel' detained in Lebanon

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20 April, 2025
Hezbollah has been careful not to escalate beyond minor skirmishes [Getty].
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Hezbollah ready to discuss weapons if Israel withdraws: official

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09 April, 2025
A resident walks amid the destruction in the southern Lebanese village of Zibqin on November 27, 2024, as people who had fled the war between Israel and Hezbollah returned to check on their homes. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli strike kills 2 in south Lebanon including pager survivor

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06 April, 2025
Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam (R) meets with US Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus (C) in Beirut on April 5, 2025. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanon officials discuss ceasefire with US envoy Morgan Ortagus

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05 April, 2025
An Israeli army soldier descends from atop a Merkava main battle tank deployed at a position in northern Israel along the border with southern Lebanon on March 18, 2025. (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel threatens Lebanon buffer zone after rogue rocket attack

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31 March, 2025
People inspect the site of an Israeli strike in the southern Beirut suburb of Hadath on March 28, 2025. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel strikes south Beirut for first time since November truce

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28 March, 2025
This picture shows the damage caused to a building following an Israeli strike that targeted a neighbourhood in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on March 22, 2025. (Photo by KAWNAT HAJU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Hezbollah mourns top commander killed in Israeli strike on Tyre

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23 March, 2025
Lebanese army troops patrol the destroyed southern border village of Adaisseh, following the Israeli forces withdrawal on February 18, 2025. (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanon defence minister vows to confront Israeli threats

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22 March, 2025
Smoke billows after an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese village of Sejoud on March 22, 2025 following a rocket attack on the northern Israeli town of Metula. (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel for first time in months

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22 March, 2025
Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers an impassioned speech during the funeral of Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil in Beirut, Lebanon , on September 22, 2024. (Photo by COURTNEY BONNEAU/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel clash 'inevitable' if Lebanon occupation persists: Qassem

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10 March, 2025