The British Foreign Secretary announced continued backing for the Lebanese government and military to assume full responsibility for the nation's security amidst the ongoing regional war.
Amidst the unprecedented regional war currently engulfing the Middle East, the United Kingdom has reaffirmed its commitment to Lebanon's state institutions. According to Qatar-funded قناة الجزيرة (Al Jazeera), the British Foreign Secretary issued a statement pledging continued backing for Lebanese state security apparatuses.
Al Jazeera reports the Foreign Secretary declaring that the UK will "continue to support the Lebanese Armed Forces and the government to assume full responsibility for security."This assertion of support for the Lebanese Armed Forces arrives during a period of severe regional destabilization. Earlier this month, major hostilities broke out involving extensive United States and Israeli military operations against Iran, the death of Iran's Supreme Leader, and widespread retaliatory strikes by "Axis of Resistance" militias across the region, prompting the evacuation of US and Western diplomats from 14 Middle Eastern nations.
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