Lebanese army advances to secure border
The Lebanese army has received a substantial arms shipment from the United States, allowing it to advance against terrorist groups in the mountainous border regions.
A Lebanese military source told Al-Monitor that this past week's unusually harsh climatic conditions in the country's mountainous areas acted to the advantage of the Lebanese army in the face of terrorist militants.
For many months, the prevailing impression has been that the terrorist groups deployed on Lebanon’s mountainous eastern border with Syria have been awaiting relief from the cold weather and snow, to intensify their operations against the Lebanese army and Hezbollah’s fighters.
