EU Looking at Options for Boosting Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces, Document Says
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Category: WARS & RUMORS OF WARS
Summary:
The European Union is considering ways to strengthen Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces to enable the Lebanese army to concentrate on disarming Hezbollah, according to an EU document seen by Reuters. The EU plans to conduct consultations with Lebanese authorities and a scoping mission in early 2026 to explore new support, focusing on advice, training, and capacity-building. This move aims to gradually transfer internal security responsibilities from the Lebanese Armed Forces to the Internal Security Forces, allowing the army to focus on defense tasks. The EU will not replace the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), whose mandate expires at the end of 2026, and will work alongside Lebanon to enhance security, including along the border with Syria.
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Scripture: Matthew 24:6-7
"And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."
Commentary:
The Lord’s warning calls for sober vigilance: believers are not to be dismayed by the tumult of nations or shifting strategies of earthly powers. Rather, we are exhorted to steadfast readiness—keeping our eyes fixed upon Christ, urged by His Word to endurance and discernment as the world continually stirs with unrest and uncertainty.
Trend:
The theme of nations maneuvering amid conflict underscores the ongoing relevance of Christ’s counsel regarding wars and rumors of wars in the present age.
Tags: European Union, Lebanon, Internal Security Forces, Lebanese army, Hezbollah, UNIFIL, border security
Source Excerpt:
Lebanese army members stand on a military vehicle during a Lebanese army media tour, to review the army’s operations in the southern Litani sector, in Alma Al-Shaab, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, Nov. 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Taher The European Union is studying options for strengthening Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces to help free up the Lebanese army to focus on disarming the terrorist group Hezbollah, according to a document seen by Reuters on Monday. A 2024 truce between Lebanon and Israel remains fragile, with Israel carrying out regular strikes on Lebanese territory that it says are targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah’s efforts to rearm. The document, produced by the EU’s diplomatic arm and circulated to the 27 member states, said it would pursue consultations with Lebanese authorities and that a scoping mission would take place in early 2026 on possible new assistance for the country’s Internal Security Forces. EU efforts could “focus on advice, training and capacity-building,” the paper said, adding that the bloc would not take over the tasks of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), whose mandate is set to expire at the end of 2026, when it is expec...
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Source: Algemeiner
Posted on 12-08-2025 14:35