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France ramps up military aid to Lebanon as Macron calls for halt in attacks

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (left) has asked President Emmanuel Macron (right) to intervene to prevent Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. © Sarah Meyssonnier / AP

France will strengthen its cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces and provide armoured transport vehicles along with operational and logistical support, President Emmanuel Macron has said, as Lebanon is pulled deeper into the war in the Middle East.

"Everything must be done to prevent this country, so close to France, from once again being drawn into war," Macron said on Thursday in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

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