Jamil al-Sayyed calls for curbing internal escalation and warns against sectarian alignment in Lebanon

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1. 19 Oct 2026, 14:08 Lebanese MP Jamil al-Sayyed called in a post on X for a return to dialogue within state institutions and for curbing internal escalation, warning against sliding into a confrontation between Hezbollah and the state or into sectarian alignment. He said disputes had accumulated since the government's 2 March decision, which he described as stripping the resistance's weapons of legitimacy, up to the truck incident in Dahr al-Baydar, pointing to US pressure coinciding with rising regional tension.
2. 19 Oct 2026, 19:47 Al-Sayyed affirmed that pressure on Hezbollah is escalating and considered that internal confrontation serves Israel.
3. 19 Oct 2026, 19:59 In a post on X, Major General Jamil al-Sayyed considered that the relationship between Hezbollah on one side and the state and inciters at home and abroad on the other has entered a highly sensitive phase, citing the accumulation of disputes since the government's 2 March decision on the party's weapons up to the truck incident in Dahr al-Baydar, and what he described as direct US involvement with the state and its president and pressure toward military, security and judicial measures against the party.

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