Ahmad Al-Sharaa Rejects Trump’s Syria Plan To Disarm Hezbollah, Says No Military Confrontation

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s idea that Syria should disarm Hezbollah, saying his government has no plans to confront the group militarily and instead advocates peaceful solutions.

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During an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Trump reiterated his suggestion that Syria could do a “more precise job,” while also saying he is “close to giving this to Syria because he [al-Sharaa] would do a more precise job.”

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Al-Sharaa told the Arab news outlet Al Mashhad on Sunday that Trump’s “statement was misinterpreted, as if Syria were about to invade Lebanon tomorrow morning.”

The All Israel News account also said Hezbollah sent thousands of troops to Syria during the recent civil war, helping the Assad regime and its Iranian patron in fighting against Islamist groups, including Sharaa’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, which eventually defeated Bashar al-Assad.

Afterward, newly-formed security forces in Syria worked to dismantle Hezbollah’s weapon smuggling routes that previously enabled the group to transport arms and funds from Iran via Iraq and Syria into Lebanon.

Al-Sharaa’s approach, as discussed in Al-Jazeera Net, centered on stopping the war and using “different non-traditional solutions, including economic and social (...) and some security measures.”

In the same Al-Jazeera Net account, regional affairs analyst Mahmoud Aloush said al-Sharaa proposed “an interesting Syrian vision” based on “a path to a safe solution that does not deepen Lebanon's crisis.”

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The All Israel News account also quoted al-Sharaa saying Syria has a natural interest in helping the Lebanese government in its own struggle with Hezbollah while warning, “We have a deep problem with Hezbollah, but we do not want all of Lebanon to die.”

Meanwhile, the Jerusalem Post live updates section said “Israel will not withdraw troops from southern Lebanon ahead of negotiations,” citing an official speaking to the Post.

The Jerusalem Post also noted that a ceasefire deal was announced on April 7 and went into effect on April 8, while the same live updates page described ongoing US-Iran talks and reported five IDF soldiers killed in two days.

Al-Sharaa’s rejection of direct intervention was framed in Al-Jazeera Net around reconstruction and development, with the Syrian president prioritizing “reconstruction and development and the economy, and organizing international relations and restoring Syria's international and regional position.”

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Al-Jazeera Net also quoted Dr. Kamal Abdo, professor of modern history at Idlib University, saying Damascus views the Hezbollah weapons file as a Lebanese internal matter that should be addressed through Lebanese constitutional and legitimate institutions, not through pressure or external interventions.

The All Israel News account said Syria warned that “Any country in the world that has military forces outside its control is a country that cannot build and develop,” while adding that Syria “extend[s] our hand to the Lebanese every day to help them find a solution.”

In the same All Israel News account, Lebanese Justice Minister Adel Nassar rejected a proposal for Syrian troops to confront Hezbollah, telling CNN: “All we are asking for is that all countries stop interfering in Lebanon’s affairs,” including the need for Israeli troops to withdraw from the southern part of the country.

The All Israel News account further said Kan News reported the U.S. was pushing for a resumption of negotiations between Damascus and Jerusalem, with any direct talks conducted through a channel running in parallel to negotiations between Jerusalem and Beirut hosted in Washington.