Lebanon: over 6000 activities carried out by the Italian military in the last 3 months

(To UNIFIL)
14/02/18

The activities carried out by the companies are about 6000 peacekeepers of the "Folgore" brigade, framed in ITALBATT in the first 3 months of the mission.

More than 500 of these operational activities have been carried out, most of them along the designated demarcation line Blue Line, in close coordination by the Italian soldiers of "Savoia Cavalleria" and the 183 "parachute regiment" Nembo "with the Lebanese Armed Forces.

These activities, which range from training courses with local security forces, to meetings with local authorities and support activities for the local population, have guaranteed in recent months, a marked increase in the stability of the area, fostering a greater feeling of security and improvement of living conditions for citizens as well as increased freedom and safety of movement throughout the area of ​​operation.

In these days the second course in favor of the students is underway sharpshooters of General State Security, and will soon begin training aimed at perfecting the use of the individual armament supplied.

About 70 are the meetings held in the 30 schools that insist on the territory, with over 15 donations of educational material and the 800 patients have been exceeded during the activities of Medical Care carried out by the doctors of the Italian battalion.

During one of the last meetings, Colonel Cristian Margheriti, commander of ITALBATT, underlined the excellent relations existing with the inhabitants and local leaders. The mayor, Bahji Husseini, still close to UNIFIL, warmly commented: "the Italian battalion is the lung through which we breathe".

Operational capacity, constant presence throughout the area, cooperation with the Lebanese security forces and support to the population are the strong points on which the commitment of the blue helmets of the "Folgore" paratroopers' Brigade in the south of Lebanon revolves daily.