Germany is providing Lebanon with a further €15 million ($16.4 million) to enable the army to better ensure security in the south of the country as tensions between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia grow. The more the UN observer mission UNIFIL is supported “in these times, the more we can support the Lebanese army, the stronger our joint contribution to de-escalation can be,” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Wednesday during a visit to UNIFIL in Beirut. A well-equipped and trained Lebanese army, whose soldiers are paid like any other army, “is just as important as a Leban…