US envoy cuts Lebanon trip short amid protests, outrage over press comments
Al Jazeera
Protesters decry Tom Barrack visit amid Hezbollah disarmament push, warning to journalists not to act ‘animalistic’.
US envoy Tom Barrack has cut his visit to southern Lebanon short, according to the Lebanese government’s official news agency.
The altered trip on Wednesday came amid protests against Washington’s push to disarm Hezbollah, as well as continued outrage over Barrack’s recent derision of journalists in the country.
The National News Agency reported that Barrack was flown by helicopter to a Lebanese army barracks in Marjayoun, near the Israeli border, where troops were deployed in advance of his arrival on Wednesday.
However, scheduled visits to nearby Khiam, a town devastated during fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and to the coastal city of Tyre were later cancelled.
The US Department of State did not respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment concerning the reported change of plans.
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