https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/79f64de7-f90d-4a1d-8cd5-4a96f56480e5 Speaking at the ISS Manama Dialogue in Bahrain on Saturday, US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack branded Lebanon as “a failed state”, exposing the United States’ growing frustration with Beirut’s paralysed political system. “So what's the state? The state is Hezbollah. You go south, Hezbollah gives you water, it gives you an education, gives you a stipend, It has 40,000 soldiers. LAF, the Lebanese Armed Forces, has 60,000 soldiers,” he added. Barrack also urged the Lebanese government to enter into direct negotiations with Israel, to resolve border demarcation disputes. “You have that conversation on the blue line. You have the conversation with Syria. And in four months, you could end all of this.” Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:14:02 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/79f64de7-f90d-4a1d-8cd5-4a96f56480e5 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.