Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam denounced on Friday Hezbollah’s warning that disarming the Shi’ite terrorist group could instigate a civil war in the country.

The Lebanese premier branded remarks made earlier in the day by Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem as “misleading” and “propaganda directed at Hezbollah’s supporters,” according to the Saudi-owned, London-based newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat , as part of an interview to be published in full on Sunday.

The Hezbollah leader said during a religious ceremony in the-Shi’ite majority city of Baalbek, situated in northeastern Lebanon, that disarming his Iranian-backed group is “unacceptable,” according to Arab News .

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