Source: L'Orient Today
The official website of the Kataeb Party leader
Sunday 16 January 2022 11:49:02
Qatar on Saturday sent another consignment of food aid to the beleaguered Lebanese Army amid the country’s deepening economic crisis.
Here’s what we know:
• In a statement Saturday, the Lebanese Army said that it received at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport 70 tons of foodstuff sent from Qatar.
• In a program announced in July, Qatar said that it would provide monthly food aid for Lebanon’s military.
• On Dec. 28, Lebanese Army chief General Joseph Aoun and other security chiefs met with President Michel Aoun to reiterate concerns over how the economic crisis was affecting the livelihood of their forces’ personnel.