"Lebanese Army Slowly Crushing Extremists Near Syria Border" Topic
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Tango01 | 22 Jun 2016 3:49 p.m. PST |
"In a remote corner of Lebanon near the border with Syria, Lebanese troops have been quietly making steady progress, fighting against Islamic extremists holed up in the rugged mountains. It is a fight less visible than the U.S.-led war against the Islamic State group in Syria, Iraq and Libya. But hardly a day passes without army artillery stationed on the edge of this restive eastern Lebanese town pounding nearby militant positions. Aided directly by the United States and Britain — and indirectly by the Syrian army and its Lebanese militant Hezbollah allies working on the other side of the border — the under-equipped Lebanese military has registered steady successes against the militants. In recent months, Lebanese armed forces have clawed back significant territory once held by IS and al-Qaida's branch in Syria, known as the Nusra Front, and have killed and detained hundreds of extremists, forcing many others to flee. According to the army, the militants still hold about 50 square kilometers (19 square miles) of land in the border area, compared with 20 times this size in the months after Syria's conflict began…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
cwlinsj | 22 Jun 2016 4:29 p.m. PST |
I'm not convinced the LAF hasn't been subordinated to Hezbollah. They defer to Hez operations, maintain a distance from them and work to deny Free Syrian Army from being supplied through Lebanon. |
Legion 4 | 22 Jun 2016 5:01 p.m. PST |
Another primarily molsem nation with some questionable denizens(?). Hezbollah is probably as capable as the LAF … As a sidebar. Lebanon has a fairly large Christian population. Bigger than other counties in the region. Christians Percentage per Country
Country Percent Lebanon 40.5% Egypt 10.5% Syria 10.2% Jordan 6% Israel 2.5% Iraq 2.5% Palestine 1.7% *The Christian numbers in Iraq is now probably much less than that now …
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Bangorstu | 23 Jun 2016 9:00 a.m. PST |
Given there's Druze in the mix as well, I don't think Lebanon is predominately Muslim. The Lebanese army is one I always feel sorry for, having little spent on it and having an impossible job. That said it is one of the few functioning government organisations in Lebanon and seems currently capable of doing everything asked of it. It seems happy enough to leave Hezbollah the job of annoying/ defending against the Israelis and now probably has quite a bit of urban combat experience in dealing with the Syrian War spillage within its borders. |
Legion 4 | 23 Jun 2016 3:29 p.m. PST |
You do the math stu … Lebanese Muslims Year Percent 1932 49% 1985 75% 2010 59% 2012 59.5% Lebanese Christians Year Percent 1932 51% 1985 25% 2010 41% 2012 40.5% Note: stateless Palestinians and Syrians are not included in the statistics below since they do not hold Lebanese citizenship. The numbers only include the present population of Lebanon, and not the Lebanese diaspora. The 1932 census stated that Christians made up 51% of the population. Maronites, largest among the Christian denomination and then largely in control of the state apparatus,
So let's do the math …
2012 – Muslims = 59.5% … Christians = 40.5% … Looks like the muslims are the winners ! And I'm sure today the numbers of Christians may have gone down a little bit … with all that is going on … Not just in Lebanon but thru out the region where Daesh/AQ have a footprint … I had two Lebanese Officers, 2d or 1st LTs, in my Inf Ofc Basic Course at Ft. Benning, GA, 1979. They had combat experience that gave them an edge. But otherwise they were pretty much like the rest of us. I don't know what happened to them after they returned to Lebanon later that year. I hope they are not dead. |
cwlinsj | 23 Jun 2016 8:52 p.m. PST |
Those Lebanese muslims are pretty-much split down the middle between Shia and Sunni. They'd rather work with the Christians than each other. |
Bangorstu | 24 Jun 2016 1:48 a.m. PST |
And there's 5% Druze, a few fewer than I imagined.. |
cwlinsj | 24 Jun 2016 9:21 a.m. PST |
I didn't realize that there were so few Druze as they once had considerable power, but they don't consider themselves muslims and are lumped-in with Christians when counted. |
Legion 4 | 24 Jun 2016 9:37 a.m. PST |
Those Lebanese muslims are pretty-much split down the middle between Shia and Sunni.They'd rather work with the Christians than each other.
And that is one of the seminal situations with islam in the region. But as noted it generally works well for the Christians there. But no so much in some other moslem dominated counties. Bangorstu And there's 5% Druze, a few fewer than I imagined.. cwlinsj
I didn't realize that there were so few Druze as they once had considerable power, but they don't consider themselves muslims and are lumped-in with Christians when counted.
Even at 5% … that is clearly very small when compared to moslems. |
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