Qahwagi Hails LA’s Courage in Fighting Terrorism

Local Editor

Lebanese Army Commander Jean Qahwaji said in his Order of the Day on Friday that troops should be fully ready to confront terrorism and unite amid regional and local crises.

"You continued to confront terrorism relentlessly" and with "courage," he told soldiers on the occasion of Army Day.

He further added that "the Lebanese army has reached a high level of professionalism in its confrontation of terrorist organizations."

In parallel, the head of the military institution urged the military "to be fully ready to confront terrorism and the "Israeli" enemy which continues to violate Lebanese sovereignty in different ways."

"The strength of your institution lies in its unity," he said, adding that troops stay at a distance from all sides and are committed to the National Accord.

"The regional crisis and continued Lebanese political divisions that have caused the presidential vacuum require your unity," said Qahwaji.

This year, Lebanon celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Lebanese army's founding, a year after the attack of terrorists on military bases in the northeastern border town of Arsal, he added.

"Know that the knotty crises engulfing the entire Arab region, the lack of clear, short-term solutions, along with ongoing Lebanese political divisions resulting in a presidential vacuum ... [have] again prevented a military parade and the traditional celebration that grants a sword to a graduating officer," Qahwaji mentioned said.

He also stated that "all these are factors require more of you than ever before, [you need] to close ranks and be fully ready to maintain the nation's unity, territorial integrity and civil peace."

"You have relentlessly confronted terrorism on the eastern border ... just as you have uprooted saboteur cells internally, often out of the spotlight," he said.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team