The European Union announced on Monday that it will set up a mission to train the Lebanese army and security forces, separate from the UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL.
The mission will help the Lebanese army and security forces strengthen territorial control, border security and internal security © Mena Today
The European Union announced on Monday that it will set up a mission to train the Lebanese army and security forces, separate from the UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL.
Foreign ministers of the 27 member states, meeting in Luxembourg, decided to establish the mission with an initial three-year mandate, the EU Council said in a statement. It is to have about 150 personnel.
The mission will help the Lebanese army and security forces "strengthen territorial control, border security and internal security," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said, as quoted in the statement.
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Dodging the broken glass carpeting her home in southern Lebanon, Mariam al-Yaghi exited onto her upper balcony and pointed. A few hundred metres away was a sight the 67-year-old had grown accustomed to: military vehicles moving through the adjacent Lebanese village, still occupied by Israeli troops.
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