Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Monday, 1 September 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 September 2014. It was answered by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Monday, 8 September 2014 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Islamic State

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent the spread of Islamic State into Lebanon.

Answer: We make regular assessments of the threat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) poses to Lebanon. Through the UK’s Land Border project, we have supported the Lebanese Armed Forces reassert state authority in the border regions and minimise violent contagion from Syria. This project has used UK funding to construct 12 protected border observation posts, and provided eight mobile observation platforms, personnel protection equipment, Land Rovers, radios and training. As a result of UK assistance the Lebanese have an effective presence along 140km of the North East Border with Syria.

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