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Introduction - Lebanon: | Location - Lebanon: | People - Lebanon: | Government - Lebanon: | Economy - Lebanon: | Communications - Lebanon: | Transportation - Lebanon: | Military - Lebanon: | Military branches | Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army, Navy, and Air Force (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 18-30 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; in May 2005, conscript service obligation reduced from 12 to 6 months over a 2-year period; conscripts eligible to volunteer for 5 years of military service upon completing 6 months of conscript service; Lebanon is moving toward a predominantly professional armed forces (2005) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 974,363
females age 18-49: 1,024,273 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 821,762
females age 18-49: 865,770 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 405,425 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)), 20,000-40,000 (Iraq)
IDPs: 17,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli invasions), 200,000 (July-August 2006 war) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 3.1% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | lacking a treaty or other documentation describing the boundary, portions of the Lebanon-Syria boundary are unclear with several sections in dispute; since 2000, Lebanon has claimed Shaba Farms area in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights; the roughly 2,000-strong UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been in place since 1978 | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |