For today, links to three reports from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (UKRAINE, GAZA, SYRIA, IRAN and YEMEN entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON 3-31-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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‘Resistance’s weapons an internal matter’: Hezbollah MP responds to U.S. pressure. From the Cradle. Hezbollah MP Ihab Hamadeh said today the Lebanese resistance’s weapons are an “internal matter” that will be discussed with the government in Lebanon as part of a “defensive strategy.” READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 7   U.S. envoy presses Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah ‘as soon as possible.’ From the Cradle. U.S. envoy to the region, Morgan Ortagus, visited Lebanon and held talks with several of the government’s highest officials over the weekend. Lebanese media have reported that her visit is intended to deliver a threat that Lebanon must disarm Hezbollah or face Israeli escalation. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 4  Hamas leader killed alongside family in Israeli strike on south Lebanon. From the Cradle. An Israeli air strike hit a building in the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon on Friday, killing a Hamas leader, Hassan Ahmad Farhat, alongside his son and daughter. READ MORE . . .

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