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Lebanon

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Since 2005, when Syrian troops pulled out of Lebanon following the so-called Cedar Revolution, the poorly equipped Lebanese Army has been outfitted almost entirely through foreign donations or inexpensive surplus military equipment. The Western-leaning government under Fouad Siniora aided this process.
 
Two succeeding events signaled to the West and the Sunni-led Gulf nations that it was in their best interests to ensure Lebanon's military had adequate equipment to fulfill its...

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