Lebanon is set to receive 100 army vehicles free of charge from Britain to bolster the country's defence against Daesh. The Land Rovers will be supplied to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Land Border Regiments which patrol the north and north-east border with Syria. "[They will] further reinforce the stability on the Lebanese border with Syria and help the LAF to counter efforts by terrorists and smugglers to cross into the country," said the British Embassy in Beirut. Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that the vehicles are being supplied to Lebanon at the request of the LAF, which pointed out that its troops do not have the capability to patrol the border with Syria completely. Wallace explained that the […]
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