Lebanon: Fact Sheet
- Population: 3.6 million
- Government armed forces: 72,100
- Child soldiers: Unknown
- Even though child soldiers are not used in combat anymore, their training continues in non-state based camps
- Hizbollah also employs the use of some child soldiers as messengers and spies
- Approximate 12 camps in southern Lebanon train children in the art of war
- Skirmishes between Israeli forces and Lebanon faction groups has made the region very unstable
- Lebanese authorities deny the presence of child soldier training camps in Lebanon
- Even though DDR efforts have been extremely effective, some services such as psychological help still remain inadequate
Sources Consulted
- "Lebanon." Child Soldiers Global Report 2004. 2004. 5 April 2007 <http://www.child-soldiers.org/document_get.php?id=958>.