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In addition to the locally engaged Troupes Speciales; North African, Senegalese and French military units served in Syria and the Lebanon. Later in 1926, the Lebanese First Sharp Shooters Unit was created out of the Special Troops of the Levant; it is considered to be a direct precursor to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF).
Italian Army Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna" squad patrolling the Blue Line during the COVID-19 pandemic. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Arabic: قوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان, Hebrew: כוח האו"ם הזמני בלבנון), or UNIFIL (Arabic: يونيفيل, Hebrew: יוניפי״ל), is a United Nations peacekeeping mission ...
Lebanese Communist Party/Fatah/Syrian rebels in Lebanon–Hezbollah and PFLP-GC; Lebanese Communist Party/Fatah/Syrian rebels in Lebanon–ISIL; Sunni militants/Tahrir al-Sham–ISIL; Other Military base; Airport/Air base (jet) Airport/Air base (helicopter) Major port or naval base; Border Post; Dam; Industrial complex
The mission of the multinational force was to ensure the withdrawal of all foreign forces; aid, support and train the Lebanese Armed Forces to restore the sovereignty of the Lebanese Government at the request of the latter in Beirut and the promotion of national unity and reconciliation, along with strengthening all national institutions, including the army.
The mission of the military base includes: Securing and defending the regional command's military barracks and facilities. Taking over, by order from the Lebanese Army command, the place of the brigades that spread inside its territorial periphery, in order for the brigades to focus on its operational objectives.
Until 1997, the only special forces in Lebanon was the Commando Regiment.However, in 1997, as part of the reconstruction and the modernization of the Lebanese Armed Forces, the army command decided to establish a designated regiment for maritime special warfare operations.
Mohammad Zgheib military base (Arabic: ثكنة محمد زغيب Thouknat Mohamed Zughaib), named after First Lieutenant Mohamed Zughaib who was killed in the Battle of Malkia during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War., [2] is the headquarters of the Lebanese Army South regional command located in Sidon, 43 km from Beirut.
The Lebanese Navy is charged with several missions, including securing and aiding communications and navigation to Lebanese ports; defending Lebanon's exclusive economic zone, regional waters, and coast from any naval military aggression; fighting terrorism, illegal immigration, smuggling, and drug trafficking; protecting commercial vessels ...