First shipment of Saudi-funded French weapons arrive in Lebanon

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Lebanon's army chief General Jean Kahwaji (2nd L) and Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Samir Moqbel (3rd R) welcome French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian upon his arrival at Beirut airport airbase, during a ceremony to give weapons to the Lebanese army April 20, 2015.  REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Lebanon's army chief General Jean Kahwaji (2nd L) and Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Samir Moqbel (3rd R) welcome French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian upon his arrival at Beirut airport airbase, during a ceremony to give weapons to the Lebanese... REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR
Lebanon’s army chief General Jean Kahwaji (2nd L) and Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Samir Moqbel (3rd R) welcome French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian upon his arrival at Beirut airport airbase, during a ceremony to give weapons to the Lebanese army April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Lebanon’s army chief General Jean Kahwaji (2nd L) and Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Samir Moqbel (3rd R) welcome French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian upon his arrival at Beirut airport airbase, during a ceremony to give weapons to the Lebanese…
REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR

The first shipment of French weapons and military equipment arrived in Lebanon on Monday under a Saudi-funded deal worth $3 billion to bolster the Lebanese army’s fight against militants encroaching from neighboring Syria.

Lebanese news channels showed a military plane at Beirut International airport with green boxes of weapons and missiles laid out in front. Saudi and French flags waved and the French and Lebanese ministers of defense attended the ceremony.

Lebanon, whose sectarian divisions have been exacerbated by the war over the border inSyria, has said it needs more resources and better hardware.

The deal will involve about 20 French companies and cover a mix of land, sea and air equipment, including armored vehicles, heavy artillery, anti-tank missiles, mortars and assault weapons, a French defense ministry source has said.

A security source from Lebanon, which is still rebuilding after its own 15-year civil war, said the first shipment was 48 “Milan” anti-tank missiles.

Saudi Arabia sees itself as the defender of Sunni Islam in the region and wants to help beef up Lebanese security forces in the face of threats from both Sunni jihadis and Lebanon’s powerful Shi’ite movement Hezbollah.

The Lebanese army received the first batch of the $3  billion  Saudi funded French arms
The Lebanese army received the first batch of the $3 billion Saudi funded French arms

The deal was signed in November in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Saudi Arabia has already provided $1 billion in military aid to the Lebanese army.

Reuters

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33 responses to “First shipment of Saudi-funded French weapons arrive in Lebanon”

  1. arzatna1 Avatar

    The Lebanese army is our pride and I am so happy it received the first batch of French arms.
    Now that we have an army with modern equipment there is no need for any militias .
    Time for Hezbollah to pack up and relocate to Iran or Syria

    1. Hind Abyad Avatar
      Hind Abyad

      But, they are Lebanese ..who’s arzatna (Guest), Arz min?

  2. Hannibal Avatar

    These weapons are like “draat 3all blaat” I am sorry to say. Show me planes and helicopters please and tanks not used humvees. That is such a joke.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Oh well, give ’em a smile …

    2. Rudy1947 Avatar

      Make your own.

      1. Hannibal Avatar

        Very good idea… I’ll take it into consideration. Are you also making your own “iron dome”? ๐Ÿ˜‰

        1. Rudy1947 Avatar

          My country and Israel already have.

          1. Hannibal Avatar

            Practice peace and you won’t need an iron dome… But when the world is led by the warmongers, the Islamists, the Assadists, and the zionists my guess is that everyone needs an Iron dome.

          2. Rudy1947 Avatar

            Sure came in handy. Hopefully it will be perfected even more.

          3. Hannibal Avatar

            You have the weapons and Arabs have the money which your country drools for… It is a matter of time until you sell it to them.

            I am getting a prime seat from which I would watch the fireworks, with plenty of popcorn, beer, and junk food. ๐Ÿ˜›

          4. Rudy1947 Avatar

            I’m sure the US and Israel will provide a box of matches for proper ignition.

          5. Hannibal Avatar

            The way the country is going, you’ll soon be saying the U.S. and Iran will be pairing up. I guess the Americans are catching up that Israel costs money but Iran HAS money.
            How is Bibi? Lonely I assume…

          6. Rudy1947 Avatar

            1. NO.
            2. Lived without Iranian money.
            3. Wouldn’t know.
            4. You certainly whine a lot.

          7. Hannibal Avatar

            1. YES
            2. One way or another you have nothing to offer so you need the Saudis or the Iranians or both.
            3. Read more
            4. I have a dog named Rudy and it whines like you… Is that you Rudy?
            5. BONUS… You said “My country and Israel already have” Didn’t you really mean My country and the U.S. already have? A zionist like an islamist can never be a U.S. citizen.

          8. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            Enough talking out of your ass ya Hani
            You would be nothing without the opportunities you got in the US
            Have some modesty and thank your God that led you here
            And if you hate it so much here, no one’s stopping you from returning to the berdawne or any shit town you came from.
            America made people out of you, if you insist on being ungrateful assholes get a plane ticket and return to the jungle.

          9. Hannibal Avatar

            I am so good they won’t let me go back… he he he

          10. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            A little of The Glen for digestion after. ๐Ÿ˜‰

      2. MekensehParty Avatar
        MekensehParty

        He just loves to complain about anything and everything
        You won’t find a more typical lebanese than Hannibal Al Muhajir

        1. Hannibal Avatar

          You are an American wannabe who got owned by a Lebanese in high school that scarred your ego badly, you’re so far out of your depth you need a snorkel to keep from drowning in your self hating ignorance.

          1. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            bla bla bla
            all this talk has zero substance as usual, just another way of evading logic…
            One thing you’ll never understand about America, it’s not a country, it’s a way of life.

          2. Hannibal Avatar

            Last I checked it was a country… In which I live my way of life, a Lebanese way of life.

          3. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            (errrr … I hate to mention it … but that ‘way’ doesn’t seem to work well where it came from … just sayin’ … ;-))

          4. Hannibal Avatar

            I am living a reality ๐Ÿ˜‰
            We have a huge Lebanese community in here with 3 restaurants… Al-wadi, To Beirut, and Byblos. and 3 Lebanese markets. The people are very nice and collegial.
            I must say, pretty much, at least in my surroundings, they are pretty much successful and thriving. Almost ALL go to Lebanon where they have second homes.

          5. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            a whole culture based on labneh, hummus and tabouli and the restaurants and markets that provide them. That’s the definition of a Lebanese.
            Other than that, nada, zero achievements in any other field.
            A whole population of (dirty) cooks

          6. Hannibal Avatar

            Is that all what your mom cooked for you? You must have been really abused. I pity you.
            The Lebanese cuisine is MUCH richer than that.
            As to what Lebanese have achieved there are plenty of examples… You are really backward with limited resources to fathom that. I will give you one great man whose work is MORE read than the bible. Khalil Gibran.
            It is beyond the scope of this discussion to list them all but I know one thing… You are a self hating Lebanese and you will never change.
            As to destruction it is not done solely by bombs but by a sewer mouth like you who contributes NOTHING NADA ZERO to anything but complain complain and complain.
            You my friend IS THE REAL TERRORIST.
            Won’t you be served better on Haaretz? Why dwell here since you hate us much?

          7. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            nkeye fik :p

          8. Hannibal Avatar

            Such a Lebanese adage… ๐Ÿ˜› lol

          9. sweetvirgo Avatar
            sweetvirgo

            You forgot the arak and hookah and the fun night life. Plus how can we not mention Faris Karam, Najwa Karam………and Haifa Wehbe ;)))

          10. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            Go find that in Lebanon if you can
            Go build a China-town in Beirut if you can…
            Go allow black people to go in the same pool as you!!!!
            Fuckin racists from your batrak all the way to the latest newborn
            Go back, khalesna

          11. Hannibal Avatar

            We build a Lebanon wherever we go… 60 million Lebanese and their descendents all over the globe… We bring Lebanon to you…
            I won’t build a China-town in Beirut because we have no Chinese… ๐Ÿ˜› What’s the point? But Sushi a plenty ๐Ÿ˜‰
            Black people in the same pool? We had a worker from the Ivory coast whom I took with me to parties and movies… Yes racism exists even here in the U.S. under your nose but what protects us is the Law NOT the way of life as you claim. As a matter of fact racism is so rampant but you’re blind to it despite the fact that you see police brutality against the Africans in the U.S. you choose to ignore it.
            I never said I wanted to go back nor stay… As a matter of fact I am well to do to travel the globe. I will be in Switzerland then Germany then Lebanon then San Diego then Boston in a matter of 3 months whereas you are sitting in that 2×4 of yours brooding.
            I wonder whose life is richer? Yours being nuclear? me myself and I? or my life where I still live all cultures?

          12. sweetvirgo Avatar
            sweetvirgo

            Can I come with you?? ๐Ÿ˜›

          13. Hannibal Avatar

            But of course my compatriot… ๐Ÿ˜‰

  3. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Just slightly later than all the American drops ….

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