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القوات اللبنانية، هي حزب سياسي وميليشيا سابقة أسسها بشير الجميّل سنة 1976 لكي تكون الذراع العسكري للجبهة اللبنانية. كانت إحدى أهم الأطراف المتصارعة أثناء الحرب وخاضت معارك عديدة ضد ميليشيات الحركة الوطنية اللبنانية والمنظمات الفلسطينية، كما أنها دخلت في صراعات خاطفة مع ميليشيات يمينية أخرى كانت حليفة لها. عرفت بعد اغتيال الجميّل سنة 1982 عدة تغييرات على قيادتها وبدأت تأخذ استقلاليتها عن الجبهة اللبنانية. دخلت في صراع دموي مع وحدات ...
Lebanese Forces’ press office released a statement denying rumors about the presence of ” Lebanese Forces ” gunmen amongst the protesters during the sit-in on Monday.
The media of March 8 led by NBN TV ( owned by Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri a Hezbollah ally ) are spreading lies and rumors about the presence of gunmen from the” Lebanese Forces’ amongst the protesters during the sit-in on Monday. The statement said and added
” The Lebanese Forces categorically denies all of these lies and silly rumors and underlines its commitment to ...
There will be no immediate cutoff of U.S. aid to Lebanon's armed forces after resignations that toppled the government of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, a State Department spokesman said on Wednesday.
Washington will wait to see what government emerges in Lebanon, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters. Asked whether there would be any immediate cutoff of U.S. assistance to the Lebanese armed forces, he said, "No."
Ministers from the Shi'ite group Hezbollah and its allies resigned on Wednesday, forcing the collapse of the government of Hariri, son of former ...
Samir Jaja, leader of the leftist Lebanese party Lebanese Forces, warned that if Hezbollah and its supporters will rise to power "the state in Lebanon will be similar to that in the Gaza Strip." Jaja, who is known for his opposition to Hezbollah, expressed support for incumbent Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
"I ask those who will rejoice if a government without Hariri is established, what will happen to our financial state?" Said Jaja in a press conference he gathered to address the political crisis in his nation. "Who will invest a Lira here? Does anyone think that our economy ...