organization:lebanon army

Jihadis as dangerous as Israel : Lebanon army chief
▻http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/May-06/297052-jihadis-as-dangerous-as-israel-lebanon-army-chief.ashx

Lebanese Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi Wednesday said that Syria-based jihadis and Israel essentially posed the same threat.

“Confronting terrorism is not less dangerous than the Army confronting the enemy (Israel),” Kahwagi said in a speech on the occasion of Martyrs’ Day.

"Terrorism and Israel are two sides of the same coin,” he said, adding that the Army will not tolerate jihadi groups like ISIS or the Nusra Front to spread in Lebanon.

“The Army will not allow terrorists to establish a foothold in Lebanon,” he warned.

Jeu des sept erreurs : ces deux articles sont arrivés exactement au même moment ; essaie de détecter les subtiles différences de rédaction…

Daily Star : Lebanon Army bars 11 wounded Syrian rebels from entering
▻http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Nov-07/276824-wounded-syrians-not-allowed-into-lebanon-nna.ashx

The Lebanese Army Friday prevented 11 wounded Syrian rebels from entering the country through the southern Mount Hermon border region where heavy clashes had taken place between pro- and anti-Syrian government fighters.

Security sources told The Daily Star that Syrian opposition fighters tried to carry 11 of their wounded from Mount Hermon in Syria to the Lebanese village of Shebaa, but Lebanese soldiers positioned there prevented them from entering.

Al-Akhbar : Lebanon army bars wounded Nusra militants from entering country
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanon-army-bars-wounded-nusra-militants-entering-country

The Lebanese army Friday prevented 11 wounded militants belonging to Syria’s al-Qaeda branch al-Nusra Front group from entering the country through the southern Mount Hermon border region to seek medical treatment, state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Friday.

Nusra militants tried to carry 11 of their wounded from Mount Hermon in Syria to the Lebanese village of Shebaa, but Lebanese soldiers in the area pushed them back to the Syrian territories.

(Évidemment, l’apparente neutralité de la dépêche façon Daily Star me semble bien plus engagée – et trompeuse – que la version du Akhbar.)

Lebanon army fights gunmen in Tripoli, three soldiers killed
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/25/us-lebanon-security-tripoli-idUSKCN0IE0DT20141025

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In statements published by the National News Agency, the army leadership said: “The pursuit of terrorist gunmen in Tripoli is continuing and will not be pulled back until after the terrorists are eliminated.”

L’Égypte et l’Arabie séoudite promettent d’« aider le Liban » de la même façon qu’ils ont « aidé » les Palestiniens à Gaza

Egypt ready to help Lebanon army and security forces
▻http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/egypt-ready-to-help-lebanon-army-and-security-forces-1.1370173

Egypt’s Ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Hamdi has said that his country is ready to provide “all possible aid” to the Lebanese army and security forces.

Hamdi on Saturday said that the issue would be discussed with Lebanon’s Army Chief Jean Qahwaji on Monday, Xinhua reported.
“We support Lebanon and its national government in its pursuit of stability, and we will not hesitate in doing anything that serves the country in the future,” Hamdi said.

Recently, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah entrusted Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri with a $1 billion grant to support the Lebanese armed forces with their immediate needs to fight terrorism.

Cette info n’est pas du tout anodine: Hezbollah entrusts search operations to Lebanon army in its biggest bastion
▻http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=61523

Lebanese troops are to take over security at checkpoints set up by the Hezbollah movement in their southern Beirut stronghold after two bombings, the interior minister said on Sunday.

“A joint force of 800 men composed of soldiers from the army and security services will begin their deployment on Monday afternoon in the southern suburbs,” Marwan Charbel said.

The Shiite militant group Hezbollah is a powerful force in Lebanon, particularly in the southern suburbs of Beirut, where it has been accused of running a “state-within-a-state”.

Following two bombings targeting its Beirut bastion, Hezbollah turned the southern suburbs into a fortress with guards in civilian clothes policing the streets, stopping and searching cars and asking motorists for their IDs.

Charbel said the joint force “will have the primary goal of checking suspect vehicles and the identities of suspicious persons.”

“No one else will be authorised to be present at the checkpoints,” said Charbel.