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The Lebanese army is seen on patrol in the border town of Arsal. (AFP/File)

October 20th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Lebanese army receives shipment of ammunition from Belgium

The shipment was in support of Lebanon's continued fight against Daesh and other militant groups operating in the country and on its border with Syria.

The entrance to Lebanon's Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, where most live in squalid conditions, and where its lawlessness has become a refuge for extremists and fugitives. (AFP/File)

August 31st, 2016 - 11:30 GMT

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon visits Ain el-Hilweh camp amid uptick in violence

A representational image of a Huey II helicopter. (AFP/File)

March 31st, 2016 - 11:43 GMT

US delivers three military helicopters to Lebanon

Some Lebanese military officials had not been paid in 45 days. (Al Bawaba/File)

November 2nd, 2015 - 04:56 GMT

Lebanon to pay overdue military salaries

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October 28th, 2015 - 07:12 GMT

CIA, Lebanon team up to talk counterterrorism

A Saudi grant to the Lebanese army was frozen after the Hezbollah chief called the coalition's war "takfiri ideology." (AFP/File)

June 2nd, 2015 - 09:05 GMT

Saudi arms grant to Lebanese army stalled after Hezbollah remarks on Yemen war

Lebanese authorities thwarted Syrian militants from creating a passage to help establish territory. (AFP/File)

February 6th, 2015 - 07:56 GMT

Lebanese authorities thwart terrorist plot to create 'security belt'

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October 23rd, 2014 - 11:19 GMT

Army vows to stop militants using Lebanon as “safe haven”

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October 15th, 2014 - 12:27 GMT

Obama vows to continue supporting Syrian refugees

A Lebanese man runs in the street at the entrance of Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh Sunni area during clashes with the Alawite, pro-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Jabal Mohsen neighbourhood in the northern Lebanese city on December 2, 2013. The clashes have wounded at least 61 people, among them 12 members of the Lebanese army, which is deployed in the city and is responding to the sources of fire, the security source said. (AFP)

December 3rd, 2013 - 09:51 GMT

Lebanese army carries out raids on Tripoli's militants after taking charge of the restive city

Flames rise from the site of a blast in Bir Hassan neighbourhood in the southern Beirut on November 19, 2013. At least 22 people were killed in a double bomb attack outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut. Is Lebanon turning into the new Iraq? (AFP)

November 21st, 2013 - 08:26 GMT

Lebanon's new dark age of suicide bombings

Lebanese Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji speaks during a ceremony in Yarzeh, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (Lebanese Army Website, HO)

July 31st, 2013 - 07:05 GMT

Lebanese Army General likely to see two-year extension

Lebanese Parliament building (AFP file photo)

July 23rd, 2013 - 07:25 GMT

Lebanon's Future movement agrees on Army Commander extension