The Military Framework Agreement signed in 2010 forms the legal basis for the bilateral military relations between Türkiye and Lebanon. Since then, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) signed more legal documents regarding technical issues, grants, and training cooperation, which strived to cover all service branches. Based on this framework, meetings between military commands and training courses have been conducted between both Armed Forces.

President Joseph Aoun, at a time when he was serving as the LAF Commander, paid an official visit to Türkiye between the dates of September 24 and 25, 2021, upon the invitation of Gen. Yaşar Güler, the then-Chief of General Staff of the TAF, and on that occasion, met with Gen. Güler, and was also received by H.E. Hulusi Akar, the then-Minister of National Defense of Türkiye. Lt.Gen. Rodolphe Haykal, the incumbent LAF Commander, during his visit to Istanbul to participate in the SAHA 2026 Fair was received on May 5, 2026, by H.E. Yaşar Güler, Turkish National Defence Minister, and later met on May 6, with Gen. Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu, the incumbent Chief of General Staff of the TAF.

Turkish military authorities donated in May 2025 to the LAF military aid consisting of technical equipment, medicine, and medical supplies. Furthermore, the TAF is anticipating to equip the “Model Regiment,” which is stipulated to be established soon in the South.

We will continue to provide the LAF in the coming period with any and all assistance needed, as a result of our determination to support the safety of our Lebanese brethren and the security of the Lebanese Republic.

A resolution (UNSCR 2790) adopted by the UN Security Council on August 28, 2025, set out the final extension of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until the end of 2026, endingits mandate after a service of almost 50 years, and ordered the withdrawal of its personnel be finalized by the end of 2027. The corvette/frigate-class vessel that Türkiye allocated to the UNIFIL Maritime Task Force (MTF) completed its mission and departed Lebanon on December 1, 2025. However, the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM) extended on October 21, 2025, Turkish contribution, currently consisting of 5 active-duty officers/non-commissioned officers stationed at the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, until October 2027.

High-level diplomatic, military and intelligence officials from Türkiye and Lebanon, as well as from Jordan, Iraq and Syria, having convening in Amman in March 2025, agreed to establish a joint operation center for the purpose of supporting the current international efforts to destroy DEASH and of cooperating in eliminating the threat posed to the entire region by the said terrorist organization.