Lebanon needs help to expand army and rebuild, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati tells Paris summit

International support will be needed to shore up and expand Lebanon's army and rebuild the country's destroyed infrastructure, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati told a Paris conference convened amid Israel's assault on Hezbollah.

Mikati said the Lebanese government had decided to recruit more troops and could deploy 8,000 soldiers as part of a plan to implement a ceasefire and U.N. Security Council resolution, which calls for the army to be deployed in southern Lebanon.