U.S. pressure has prompted Qatar to drop an article on reconstructing a number of southern towns from the Qatari aid package that was announced on Monday, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Wednesday.

“The U.S. is still preventing the Lebanese government from launching an official call for reconstruction or establishing a fund for the contributions of donor countries, linking this step to the fulfillment of an Israeli demand for the disarmament of Hezbollah across Lebanon,” an informed source told the daily.