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Germany will keep supporting Lebanon after UN peacekeepers leave, the German president says
Germany commits to strengthening Lebanon's state authority and military after UNIFIL ends, with 179 German troops among 7,500 peacekeepers currently deployed.
- On Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier pledged support for Lebanon after German troops leave later this year at a news conference near Beirut.
- UNIFIL's mandate ends at the end of 2026 after nearly five decades, and Beirut has said it will need a follow-up force to fill the security vacuum in southern Lebanon.
- About 7,500 peacekeepers serve with UNIFIL, including 179 Germans, while Germany's navy is already training Lebanese troops in south Lebanon following the 14-month war.
- Aoun asked Steinmeier to have Germany assume a `main role` after UNIFIL, and Steinmeier said disarming Hezbollah should move ahead and Israel should fully withdraw from Lebanon.
- Reflecting that strain, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said, 'We are no longer able to do so', after the Israel-Hezbollah conflict killed over 4,000 people and caused $11 billion in damage.
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Lebanon must, and we know how difficult it is, ensure the disarmament of Hezbollah under the ceasefire agreement, in order to also create the conditions for withdrawal, said the German president.
It is a visit in troubled times: shortly before the arrival of Federal President Steinmeier in Lebanon, Israel is attacking the south of the country. Later, Steinmeier is making an appeal - to both sides.
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Germany will keep supporting Lebanon after UN peacekeepers leave, the German president says
Germany is seeking to assure Lebanon that it will support the Lebanese government even after pulling out German troops deployed as part of U.N. peacekeepers along the Lebanon-Israel border when their mission ends later this year.
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