Lebanese Armed Forces

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armed forces military organization

The Lebanese Armed Forces are the national military of Lebanon, responsible for defending the country’s sovereignty, maintaining internal security, and operating in coordination with international peacekeeping forces.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Lebanese Armed Forces canonical	8
Lebanese Army	4
Lebanese Armed Forces (limited involvement)	1
Lebanese Armed Forces (through the Council of Ministers)	1
Lebanese Armed Forces Command	1
Lebanese Army units loyal to Aoun	1
الجيش اللبناني	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces ⓘ military organization ⓘ
abbreviation	LAF ⓘ
allegiance	Lebanon ⓘ surface form: Republic of Lebanon
alsoKnownAs	Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Lebanese Army
branch	Lebanese Air Force ⓘ Lebanese Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lebanese Army Lebanese Navy ⓘ
commanderTitle	Chief of Staff ⓘ Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ
component	air force ⓘ ground forces ⓘ naval forces ⓘ
cooperatesWith	French Armed Forces ⓘ German military ⓘ surface form: German Armed Forces Italian Armed Forces ⓘ Qatar Armed Forces ⓘ Saudi Armed Forces ⓘ British Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ⓘ United Nations peace operations ⓘ surface form: United Nations peacekeeping operations United States Armed Forces ⓘ
country	Lebanon ⓘ
doctrine	defensive military doctrine ⓘ
engagedIn	2006 Lebanon War (internal security and border defense) ⓘ 2007 Nahr al-Bared conflict ⓘ Lebanese Civil War ⓘ Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon ⓘ counter-ISIS operations in Lebanon ⓘ
foundingDate	1945 ⓘ
garrison	Yarze, Baabda, Lebanon ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Yarze, Baabda, Lebanon ⓘ
languageOfCommand	Arabic ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Lebanon ⓘ surface form: Lebanese Constitution Lebanese National Defence Law ⓘ
motto	Honor, Sacrifice, Loyalty ⓘ
nativeName	Lebanese Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: الجيش اللبناني
operatesIn	Lebanese airspace ⓘ Lebanese territorial waters ⓘ Lebanese territory ⓘ
origin	Army of the French Mandate of Syria ⓘ surface form: Army of the French Mandate in Lebanon
primaryMission	defend Lebanon against external aggression ⓘ preserve internal stability and security ⓘ support implementation of UN Security Council resolutions in Lebanon ⓘ
recruitment	conscription (suspended in practice) ⓘ voluntary service ⓘ
role	border protection ⓘ counterterrorism operations ⓘ defense of national sovereignty ⓘ internal security support ⓘ national military of Lebanon ⓘ participation in international peacekeeping ⓘ support to civil authorities ⓘ
secondaryLanguageOfCommand	English ⓘ French ⓘ
subordinateTo	Ministry of National Defense (Lebanon) ⓘ surface form: Ministry of National Defence (Lebanon)
supremeCommanderTitle	President of Lebanon ⓘ
symbol	Lebanese Armed Forces emblem ⓘ Lebanese flag ⓘ
type	combined arms force ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon → cooperatesWith → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

M48 Patton tank → usedBy → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

Lebanon–Israel border → patrolledBy → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

Government of Lebanon → governs → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

Lebanese Armed Forces → nativeName → Lebanese Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: الجيش اللبناني

Lebanese Armed Forces → alsoKnownAs → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lebanese Army

Lebanese Armed Forces → branch → Lebanese Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lebanese Army

Multinational Force in Lebanon → relatedOrganization → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

War of Liberation (1989–1990) → combatantStrength → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lebanese Army units loyal to Aoun

July War → belligerent → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lebanese Armed Forces (limited involvement)

Prime Minister of Lebanon → hasAuthorityOver → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lebanese Armed Forces (through the Council of Ministers)

Lebanon–United States relations → USSecurityPartner → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

Lebanese Parliament Building → securityProvidedBy → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lebanese Army

Lebanese Air Force → partOf → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

Lebanese Air Force → serviceBranchOf → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lebanese Army

Lebanese Air Force → isSubordinateTo → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lebanese Armed Forces Command

Émile Lahoud → militaryBranch → Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ