Military branches:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,025,984 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 630,657 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$541 million (2002)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4.8% (FY99)
Transnational Issues Lebanon
Disputes - international:
Syrian troops in central and eastern Lebanon since October 1976;
Lebanese Government claims Shab'a Farms area of Israeli-occupied
Golan Heights
Illicit drugs:
cannabis cultivation dramatically reduced to 2,500 hectares in
2002; opium poppy cultivation minimal; small amounts of Latin
American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin transit country on way
to US and European markets
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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