BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 11 (UPI) -- The delivery of missile launchers from the United States to Lebanon was marked by a demonstration of the artillery in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.
The 200 TOW-II missiles and launchers were a joint Saudi-U.S. shipment, valued at $10 million, to help the Lebanese Army confine jihadist fighters in Syria, including those with al-Qaida affiliations, from seeking refuge along the rocky Syria-Lebanon border. In August 2014 they briefly captured the border town of Arsal, Lebanon. The U.S. has provided over $82 million in aid to Lebanon since.