Roundup: Lebanese army completes "first phase" of southern deployment as Israel calls effort insufficient

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese military said Thursday it had completed the "first phase" of a troop deployment across southern Lebanon, a move Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed as inadequate to disarm Hezbollah.

In a statement, the Lebanese Armed Forces described the deployment as a "tangible achievement," saying a plan to place weapons exclusively under state control had ent