Over the last week the US has delivered ammunition, grenade launchers, and Bradley Fighting Vehicles valued at more than $11.7 million to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), Lebanon’s Naharnet reported Tuesday (February 6th).
"On February 1st, the LAF received 200 MK-19 Automatic Grenade Launchers. On February 3rd, the US delivered eight new Bradley Fighting Vehicles to the LAF, part of a package valued at more than $100 million," the US Embassy in Beirut said in a statement.
"Today, the US delivered 827 Copperhead artillery rounds to the LAF. Valued at more than $1.4 million, this ammunition replenishes LAF stockpiles used to defeat the ‘Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’ (ISIS) in Operation Fajr al-Juroud," the Embassy added.
It stressed that the US "remains committed to a secure, stable, democratic and prosperous Lebanon".
"With US-provided weapons, equipment and training, the LAF continues to develop combat capabilities that will ensure that the LAF remain a nationally unifying force, a bulwark against extremism and terrorism, and the only legitimate defender of Lebanon," the Embassy added.
