Lebanese Armed Forces

Lebanese Armed Forces
Lebanese Armed Forces
القوات المسلحة اللبنانية (Arabic)
	Emblem of the Lebanese Armed Forces
	Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces
Motto	"Honor, Sacrifice, Loyalty"; (شرف · تضحية · وفاء, Sharaf.Tadhia.Wafa)
Founded	1 August 1945
Current form	1991
Service branches	Lebanese Ground Forces Lebanese Republican Guard; ; Lebanese Air Force; Lebanese Navy;
Headquarters	Yarze, Lebanon
Website	Official website
Leadership
Commander-in-chief	President Joseph Aoun
Prime Minister	Nawaf Salam
Minister of Defense	Michel Menassa
Commander of the Armed Forces	General Rodolphe Haykal
Personnel
Military age	18–30 years of age for voluntary military service
Conscription	No (abolished in 2007)
Active personnel	80,000
Reserve personnel	15,000
Expenditure
Budget	$635 million (FY2024)
Industry
Foreign suppliers	France; Germany; Italy; United States; Russia; United Kingdom
Annual exports	Weapons and equipment
Related articles
History	1948 Arab–Israeli War; 1958 Lebanon crisis; 1961 Lebanese coup attempt; The War over Water; Six-Day War; Lebanese Civil War Battle of the Hotels; Hundred Days' War; Multinational Force in Lebanon 1982–1984; Mountain War; February 6 Intifada; War of the Camps; War of Liberation War of Elimination; ; Battle of Sidon (1991); Operation Dinnieh; Operation Benin; Global War on Terrorism United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (1978–present); Israeli–Lebanese conflict; South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000); 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict; 2006 Lebanon War; Operation Nahr el Bared; 2008 conflict in Lebanon; 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash; Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon 2013 Sidon clash; Qalamoun offensive (2014); Battle of Arsal (2014); ; 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon; Hezbollah–Syria clashes (2024–present) Lebanon–Syria border clashes (March 2025–present);
Ranks	Military ranks of Lebanon

The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; Arabic: القوات المسلحة اللبنانية, romanized: Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa al-Lubnāniyya), also known as the Lebanese Army (الجيش اللبناني, Al-Jaish al-Lubnani), is the national military of the Lebanese Republic. It consists of three branches, the ground forces, the air force, and the navy. The motto of the Lebanese Armed Forces is "Honor, Sacrifice, Loyalty" (شرف · تضحية · وفاء, Sharaf.Tadhia.Wafa). In politically unstable Lebanon, the Lebanese army has been described as one of the few state institutions in the country trusted by both the Lebanese population and the international community; and a guarantor of stability in multi-sectarian Lebanon.