Will Amal and Hezbollah ministers attend Friday's disarmament session?

As political tensions boil over ahead of a Cabinet session that will discuss Friday a plan prepared by the army to implement the state's monopoly on arms, divisions are growing in the crisis and war-hit country, with no way out in sight.

According to a report published Tuesday in pro-Hezbollah al-Akhbar newspaper, Amal and Hezbollah's ministers might boycott the session Friday if its agenda is limited to discussing the disarmament plan.

Diplomatic efforts are ongoing and whether the Shiite ministers would attend or not will greatly depend on the developments.

President Joseph Aoun who discussed Monday the session with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam had urged him to find a way out, al-Akhbar said.

In a conflicting report, Asharq al-Awsat newspaper quoted Monday a minister as saying that Amal and Hezbollah's ministers will attend the session and that they have no intention to boycott it or call for street protests.

On Tuesday, the daily said that the plan requested by the government for monopolizing arms before the year’s end was finalized by the Lebanese Army’s command more than two weeks ago and that "it contains stages and timetables" for the implementation of each stage.