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Saudi Arabia Grants $3 Billion in Aid to Lebanese Military

HeadlineDec 30, 2013

Lebanon is receiving $3 billion in aid from Saudi Arabia. The Lebanese government says the money will go to its military, the largest-ever grant for Lebanon’s armed forces. The announcement follows Friday’s bombing in Beirut that killed five people, including former minister Mohamad Chatah, a critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Lebanese group Hezbollah.

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