Hundreds of US-donated anti-tank guided missiles, rifles, mortars, and other weapons have been delivered to Lebanon after it requested the equipment to help fight terrorists in the country, and more heavy weaponry is expected to arrive in the coming weeks. Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai called for the creation of a UN military force to stop “the invasion by terrorist organizations” that are both harming Islam and threatening Christians. In a recent flareup around Arsal, the Army arrested two militants and shot and killed a third. The Islamic State reportedly threatened to execute nine captive Lebanese security forces if its demands for the release of Islamist inmates from Roumieh Prison are not met.
