Editing Lebanese Armed Forces (section)

===2008 clashes in Lebanon===
{{Main|2008 fighting in Lebanon}}
[[File:Lebanese Tank Beirut Lebanon Unrest 5-9-08.jpg|thumb|right|A Lebanese [[M113 APC]] in Beirut, during the unrest of May 9, 2008.]]
During the week-long clashes that occurred at the beginning of May 2008 in Beirut and other regions of the country, the army was unable to prevent rival Lebanese groups from fighting each other. This was because the army, along with the government, had thought it would have been better if rival groups would eventually end the violence and sort out the dispute between them alone, other than involving the national army which may have led to great divisions between the soldiers, just like in the civil war. It would have also caused an outcry from the soldiers who could have died, leading to even greater divisions and blame on the political forces.<ref name="cnn_20080508">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/08/lebanon.hezbollah/index.html|title=Gunbattles break out in Beirut|access-date=2008-05-08|work=CNN|date=May 9, 2008|archive-date=2019-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126221211/http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/08/lebanon.hezbollah/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, whenever ceasefire was brought into action in a specific area or district in Beirut or elsewhere in the country, the LAF would straight away enforce peace. On May 13, the national army announced that if the clashes would not end as soon as possible, it would have to intervene and use force if necessary to stop them.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lebanese army deploys troops around the country to impose law and order by force|url=http://origin.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,355304,00.html|work=Fox News|access-date=2008-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620072307/http://origin.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,355304,00.html|archive-date=2009-06-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>