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Mohammad Zgheib military base (Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
: ???? ???? ???? Thouknat Mohamed Zughaib), named after First Lieutenant Mohamed Zughaib
First Lieutenant Mohamed Zughaib

First Lieutenant Mohamed Zughaib is a Lebanese people officer killed in Battle of malkia . The headquarters of the Lebanese Armed Forces South region command, Mohammad Zgheib military base, is named after him....
 who was killed in Battle of Malkia (1948) , is the headquarters of the Lebanese Army
Lebanese Armed Forces

The Lebanese Armed Forces is the military of the Republic of Lebanon. The motto of the Lebanese Army is "Honor, Sacrifice, Loyalty" . The Lebanese Army Emblem represents the Lebanon Cedar tree surrounded by two Bay Laurel leaves and positioned above the symbols of the three branches of the army, the ground forces represented by the two swor...
 South regional command located in Sidon
Sidon

Sidon,or Sa?da, is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, Lebanon of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea coast, about 40 km north of Tyre, Lebanon and 40 km south of the capital Beirut....
, 43 Km from Beirut
Beirut

Beirut is the Capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs....
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military base was founded in 1956, by the Lebanese army, in order to govern its forces distributed in the southern Lebanese region. Since 1948, ground forces such as the Second Artillery Regiment, the Sixth Brigade and an armored regiment, have positioned in its barracks till the mid 1970's.






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Mohammad Zgheib military base (Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
: ???? ???? ???? Thouknat Mohamed Zughaib), named after First Lieutenant Mohamed Zughaib
First Lieutenant Mohamed Zughaib

First Lieutenant Mohamed Zughaib is a Lebanese people officer killed in Battle of malkia . The headquarters of the Lebanese Armed Forces South region command, Mohammad Zgheib military base, is named after him....
 who was killed in Battle of Malkia (1948) , is the headquarters of the Lebanese Army
Lebanese Armed Forces

The Lebanese Armed Forces is the military of the Republic of Lebanon. The motto of the Lebanese Army is "Honor, Sacrifice, Loyalty" . The Lebanese Army Emblem represents the Lebanon Cedar tree surrounded by two Bay Laurel leaves and positioned above the symbols of the three branches of the army, the ground forces represented by the two swor...
 South regional command located in Sidon
Sidon

Sidon,or Sa?da, is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, Lebanon of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea coast, about 40 km north of Tyre, Lebanon and 40 km south of the capital Beirut....
, 43 Km from Beirut
Beirut

Beirut is the Capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs....
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History

The military base was founded in 1956, by the Lebanese army, in order to govern its forces distributed in the southern Lebanese region. Since 1948, ground forces such as the Second Artillery Regiment, the Sixth Brigade and an armored regiment, have positioned in its barracks till the mid 1970's. Later, the location where the present military base (in Sidon) is was established, constituted of the Officers' club, Banu Barakat military base in Tyre (founded in 1958) and Marjayoun military base in Marjayoun
Marjayoun

Marjayoun is a Lebanon town and administrative district, Marjeyoun District, in the Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon.Marjeyoun stands majestically at a hill facing Mount Hermon to the East, Beaufort Castle, Lebanon, the 1000-year old Crusader Castle above the Litani River and overlooking Mount Amel to the West, the summits of Riha...
 (founded in the early 1940s). In 1982, the Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i air-strikes destroyed several buildings in the base, however several damaged facilities were later reconstructed.

Mission

The missions of the military base include:
  • Supply of food and other necessities to the differing forces distributed in the South region.
  • Supply of fuel and other lubricants to the vehicles and armed tanks.
  • Maintenance


Organizational structure

The region's command personnel spread in several locations in the Nabatieh and South Governorate
South Governorate

South Governorate is one of the governorates of Lebanon of Lebanon. South Lebanon has a population of 360,000 inhabitants and an area of 2,000 km?....
s, which include Sidon and Tyre military bases, the government hospital, Tebnine Hospital and Marjayoun
Marjayoun

Marjayoun is a Lebanon town and administrative district, Marjeyoun District, in the Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon.Marjeyoun stands majestically at a hill facing Mount Hermon to the East, Beaufort Castle, Lebanon, the 1000-year old Crusader Castle above the Litani River and overlooking Mount Amel to the West, the summits of Riha...
 military base. In addition, ground forces centered in the south include the Second, Third and Ninth Brigades, along with the internal forces positioned there. Several regional elements are positioned in the military base, including equipment, operation, intelligence, and conscription, in addition to other minor branches. The base also includes the South regional command, which was founded in 1970 and which currently contains a command and service force, a defense and guard force and a supply and transport force. Recently, a conscription facility was established in order to contain the new conscripts of the southern region, along with a financial center similar to the branch located in Badaro, Beirut
Beirut

Beirut is the Capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs....
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Emblem

The emblem of the South regional command constitutes of an eagle on top of Sidon Sea Castle
Sidon Sea Castle

Image:SidonSeaCastle.jpg|Sidon Sea CastleImage:Sidon castle.JPG|Sidon Sea CastleSidon Sea Castle is a castle in Sidon, Lebanon....
, surrounded by two laurel
Bay Laurel

The Bay Laurel , also known as True Laurel, Sweet Bay, Grecian Laurel, Laurel, or Bay Tree, is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub reaching 10?18 m tall, native to the Mediterranean region....
 leaves on a background of the South Lebanon
South Governorate

South Governorate is one of the governorates of Lebanon of Lebanon. South Lebanon has a population of 360,000 inhabitants and an area of 2,000 km?....
 region.

See also

  • Lebanese Armed Forces
    Lebanese Armed Forces

    The Lebanese Armed Forces is the military of the Republic of Lebanon. The motto of the Lebanese Army is "Honor, Sacrifice, Loyalty" . The Lebanese Army Emblem represents the Lebanon Cedar tree surrounded by two Bay Laurel leaves and positioned above the symbols of the three branches of the army, the ground forces represented by the two swor...
  • South Governorate
    South Governorate

    South Governorate is one of the governorates of Lebanon of Lebanon. South Lebanon has a population of 360,000 inhabitants and an area of 2,000 km?....