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The Belgian peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has come to an end, as stipulated in the new coalition agreement.
Belgium has received a request to send ground troops to Iraq as well as instructors to train Iraqi soldiers, said Defence Minister Steven Vandeput.
A Belgian F-16 fighter jet launched an attack on a "terrorist element” in Iraq, according to the Belgian Ministry of Defence.
Six Belgian F16 fighter planes took off from Belgium last Friday to join the international military coalition tackling the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.
The federal ministry of defence has called on the government to increase its military spending by €157 million.
The United States has warned Belgium and several other European countries of possible cracks arising in the two-seater version of the F-16 fighter jet.
Yesterday the head of the Belgian army, General Gerard Van Caelenberge made a surprise visit to the Belgian soldiers serving in Afghanistan, De Standaard reported.
Dominique Hanson was replaced yesterday as the head of the Royal Military Museum in Brussels, writes De Standaard.
The EU’s foreign ministers have agreed to proceed with a military mission to the Central African Republic by sending roughly 500 soldiers into the quickly deteriorating situation in the country.
