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Lebanese Army Commander Passes Critical Juncture
2013-06-27 Read More...
Commander of the Lebanese Army General Jean Kahwaji said his country has emerged from highly challenging situation in the last few days thanks to the efforts of the

Lebanon, Italy Discuss Military Ties
2013-05-20 Read More...
Italy will keep the same number of its peacekeepers in South Lebanon, Italian Defense Minister Mario Mauro said Thursday, as he voiced his country’s readiness to provide military assistance if needed.

Hezbollah Ready to Get Sophisticated Weapons from Syria
2013-05-10 Read More...
Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday that his Lebanese militant group is ready to receive “game-changing weapons” from

Hezbollah Hints at Possible Syria Intervention
2013-05-02 Read More...
The Head of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has declared that Syria has real friends who will not let it fall to the US, Israel or Islamic

Lebanese Army Commander Warns of Sectarian Tension
2013-03-22 Read More...
Lebanon's Army Commander Jean Kahwaji warned that sectarian tensions after attacks against several Sunni clerics in Beirut posed “the most dangerous security challenge” to the country for

Israel Bombs Weapons Convoy on Syrian-Lebanese Border
2013-01-31 Read More...
Israeli fighter jets have struck a convoy on the Syria-Lebanon border suspected of carrying sophisticated Russian-made surface-to-air missiles on

U.S. Gives 200 M113 Armored Vehicles to Lebanon
2013-01-09 Read More...
The United States has given 200 armored vehicles to Lebanon, the Lebanese Army said on Monday, bolstering forces that have been struggling to deal with sectarian violence inflamed by the war across the border in

US Gives 6 Huey 2 Helicopters to Lebanese Air Force
2012-12-14 Read More...
The US has given 6 military helicopters to the Lebanese air force, a diplomatic source said on Wednesday, bolstering forces that have been struggling to deal with violence spreading over the border from

US Navy Admiral Visits Lebanon
2012-12-10 Read More...
US Navy CENTCOM Commander Rear Admiral Kevin D. Scott visited Lebanon on Friday, where he participated in a ceremony to commission a new US-manufactured vessel for the Lebanese

Nasrallah: "Rockets to Rain on Israel if it Attacks Lebanon"
2012-11-26 Read More...
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel on Sunday that thousands of rockets would rain down on Tel Aviv and cities across the Jewish state if it attacked

FBI to Help Lebanon Probe Beirut’s Car Bombing
2012-10-24 Read More...
The United States will send a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team to help Lebanon probe the Beirut car bombing that killed the country’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) Chief Brigadier General Wissam

Lebanese President Calls for Defense Strategy with Hezbollah
2012-10-15 Read More...
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Saturday that “Hezbollah’s sending of the drone over Israel’s airspace sheds a light on the need for adopting a defense strategy that organizes the means to benefit from the Resistance’s capacities in

Hezbollah Confirms Sending Drone into Israel
2012-10-12 Read More...
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged on Thursday sending a drone aircraft which was shot down last weekend after flying some 25 miles (55 km) into Israel.

Israeli Planes Hit Own Spy Device in Southern Lebanon
2012-07-03 Read More...
An Israeli aircraft on Monday destroyed a spy device it was using to monitor a Hezbollah communications network in south Lebanon after it was found by the group, a Lebanese security source and Hezbollah

Lebanese Army Commander Receives Medal of Merit
2012-06-27 Read More...
Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel awarded the country’s Army Commander Brigadier General Jean Kahwaji the Medal of Merit, the National News Agency reported on

Suleiman Meets UAE & Qatar Leaders
2012-06-08 Read More...
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday held talks with the leaders of Qatar and the

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