Lebanese soldiers at a base in Sour, southern Lebanon, on July 8, 2025. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L’Orient-Le Jour)
Amid recent rumors about a UK-backed project to build watchtowers for the Lebanese Army along the southern border with Israel, the initiative is actually aimed at reinforcing an existing Lebanese military post in the region, a British government spokesperson and a military source told L’Orient-Le Jour on Tuesday.The work comes as a fragile cease-fire, in place since November 2024, continues between Lebanon and Israel following 13 months of devastating war between Hezbollah and Israel. While the Israeli army maintains near-daily strikes in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Army has begun dismantling Hezbollah military positions south of the Litani River, as stipulated in the cease-fire agreement. Disarmament north of the river, also required under the accord, has yet to begin.The post being reinforced lies directly along the Israeli border,...
Amid recent rumors about a UK-backed project to build watchtowers for the Lebanese Army along the southern border with Israel, the initiative is actually aimed at reinforcing an existing Lebanese military post in the region, a British government spokesperson and a military source told L’Orient-Le Jour on Tuesday.The work comes as a fragile cease-fire, in place since November 2024, continues between Lebanon and Israel following 13 months of devastating war between Hezbollah and Israel. While the Israeli army maintains near-daily strikes in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Army has begun dismantling Hezbollah military positions south of the Litani River, as stipulated in the cease-fire agreement. Disarmament north of the river, also required under the accord, has yet to begin.The post being reinforced lies directly along the Israeli...
Israel continues attacks on southern Lebanon, demolishes buildings in Bint Jbeil