{"id":36975,"date":"2026-02-28T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/02\/28\/lebanons-prime-minister-warns-against-dragging-country-into-adventures\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:13:00","slug":"lebanons-prime-minister-warns-against-dragging-country-into-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/02\/28\/lebanons-prime-minister-warns-against-dragging-country-into-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon&#8217;s prime minister warns against dragging country into &#8216;adventures&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Saturday said he would not accept \u200banyone dragging &#8220;the country into adventures that threaten its security and unity&#8221;, in an indirect message to the Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.<br \/>In a statement released after Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran, Salam noted the &#8220;serious developments&#8221; in the region and called on &#8220;all Lebanese to act with wisdom and patriotism, placing Lebanon and the Lebanese people&#8217;s interests above any other consideration&#8221;.<br \/>Hezbollah has fought numerous conflicts with \u200bIsrael since it was established by Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards in 1982.<br \/>Reuters reported on Tuesday that Israel had warned Lebanon that it would strike the country hard, targeting civilian infrastructure including the airport, in the event that Hezbollah gets involved in any U.S.-Iran war.<br \/>&#8220;I reiterate that we will not accept anyone dragging the country into adventures that threaten its security and unity,&#8221; Salam said in a statement sent to Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Saturday said he would not accept \u200banyone dragging &#8220;the country into adventures that threaten its security and unity&#8221;, in an indirect message to the Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.In a statement released after Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran, Salam noted the &#8220;serious developments&#8221; in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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