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EU to provide $116 million in aid to Lebanese army

EU to provide $116 million in aid to Lebanese army

The European Union (EU) has approved an additional 100 million euros (about $116 million) in aid for the Lebanese army in an effort to strengthen the recent fragile ceasefire.

"The best way to reduce the threat posed by Hezbollah is to strengthen the Lebanese state, empower its institutions and restore its monopoly on the use of force ," EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said in a post on X.

Under the first ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah in November 2024, the Lebanese government pledged to implement more rigorous oversight of Hezbollah movements south of the country's Litani River, with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) tasked with disarming the militant group.

Lebanon has suffered from a severe economic collapse and the army has long complained that it lacks the funds and equipment to fully exercise control in the south of the country.

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