![Lebanon's armed forces are struggling due to the country's economic crisis and corruption.](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/lebanon-armed-forces-economy-crisis-corruption-politics-07072023-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
Lebanon’s financial crisis, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Beirut Port explosion, has pushed the country into a slow-burning collapse. Now, given Lebanon’s sectarian political system and history of internal conflict, the state’s inability to properly fund its armed forces could result in a rapid deterioration of security.