Lebanon rebuffed Colin Powell’s request that it rein in Hezbollah, which has been launching cross-border attacks on Israel. Lebanese Foreign Minister Mahmoud Hammoud described Hezbollah’s cross-border attacks, which focus on the Shabaa Farms border region, as a legitimate resistance to Israeli occupation.
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