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US pledges additional support for Lebanon’s army amid financial collapse

Lebanon's armed forces are to receive an additional $15 million in US aid.
Lebanese soldiers

Washington is moving to bolster Lebanon’s armed forces as the country faces economic collapse and an increasingly intractable political crisis.

The US on Friday announced an additional $15 million in aid to Lebanon’s military for 2021 following a first-of-its-kind conference between senior State Department and Defense Department officials and the commander of Lebanon's armed forces, Gen. Joseph Aoun.

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