US EditionFrance Ramps up Military Aid to Lebanon as Macron Calls for Halt in Attacks
France will supply armored vehicles and operational support to the Lebanese Armed Forces and send tons of medicine and shelter to aid tens of thousands of displaced civilians.
- On March 5, French President Emmanuel Macron announced France will bolster cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces by supplying armored transport vehicles and operational and logistical support, and reported exchanges with U.S. President Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, to end cross-border operations.
- Amid warnings of broader escalation, tens of thousands of displaced Lebanese civilians fled south, and Joseph Aoun asked Macron to intervene to protect southern suburbs, France's aim to prevent regional escalation.
- On the ground in Beirut, General Fabien Mandon arrived Thursday to assess security, with several tons of medicine and shelter en route, and France's UNIFIL detachment will continue its mission.
- Macron called on Hezbollah to stop firing toward Israel and give up weapons, and he urged the Israeli army to avoid ground intervention while pressing for a cease-fire soon.
- Macron appealed directly to Benjamin Netanyahu not to expand the war to Lebanon and asked Iranian officials not to involve Lebanon, saying he was ready to send aid as evacuations unfolded on Thursday.
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France ramps up military aid to Lebanon as Macron calls for halt in attacks
France will strengthen its cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces and provide armoured transport vehicles along with operational and logistical support, French President Emmanuel Macron has said, as Lebanon is pulled deeper into the war in the Middle East.
On Thursday evening, Emmanuel Macron announced the shipment of several tons of medicines to Lebanon, as well as shelter and help solutions for tens of thousands of displaced people.
Joi, March 5, Emmanuel Macron stated that France will consolidate cooperation with Lebanese armed forces and will provide humanitarian assistance to Beirut. The President expressed his desire to develop a "plan" to end the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, which represents a "great danger" for Lebanon, reports Reuters. France's article is directly involved in the crisis in Lebanon: military support for the Lebanese army, while Beirut is sha…
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, announced that he will strengthen his cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces and provide armoured transport vehicles, as well as operational, logistical and humanitarian support in the face of the Israeli attack on his neighboring country. “Every effort must be made to prevent this country, so close to France, from being dragged back into the war,” the president wrote in a message published on social…
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