US Condemns Hezbollah’s ‘Reckless’ Call to Overthrow Lebanese Government

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused the terrorist group of continuing a ‘deliberate campaign to destablize the country’.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks as he begins working-level peace talks with Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh Moawad and Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter at the U.S. State Department in Washington on April 14, 2026. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

The United States condemned Hezbollah’s call for the overthrow of the Lebanese government on May 24.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that the terrorist group had “ignored repeated calls from the legitimate Government of Lebanon to cease its attacks and respect a ceasefire.”