(17 July 2017) The second training and requalification course for the Presidential Guard by Italian instructors organised by the Italian Bilateral Military Mission in Lebanon (MIBIL), ended in recent days. The ceremony was attended by the Italian Ambassador to Beirut, Massimo Marotti and the Commander of the Italian Special Forces, Gen. Div. Nicola Zanelli. The five-week course allowed 38 members of the Presidential Guard to be trained by a Mobile Training Team of the Special Interforce Forces Command composed of the Army, Navy and some Carabinieri Special Intervention Teams. The Italian Bilateral Mission, currently headed by Gen. B. Salvatore Radizza, is developing a programme that began in 2015 aimed at the Lebanese Armed Forces units acquiring advanced operational capabilities in order to strengthen the Lebanese national institution committed to ensuring the security and defense of the State and population. (Red)
