BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 A.M.) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun commended the Lebanese army on the liberation of the area near the town of Arsal on the Syrian-Lebanese border, when delivering a speech during the country’s Army Day celebrations, at the Lebanese Army Military Academy in Fayadieh, Monday.
Aoun said that the Lebanese troops “have all succeeded in dismantling numerous terrorist networks and cells, conducting preemptive strikes against terrorists and arresting dozens of them.”
He went on to note that Lebanon’s last victory was “the liberation of a major region on the eastern borders from the claws of dark organisations” as well as the re-establishment of security in the area.