The French may not say specifically that it is about aid, but that is what
coopérant implies here. However, we're not talking about aid to third world countries. French military are not involved in that, even though they may repair the odd school, etc. - another govt body is in charge of that ("Secrétaire d'État chargée du Développement et de la Francophonie"). We're talking of "military aid", i.e. French military assistance to foreign states, e.g. "Opération Barkhane" in Sahel right now. Cf. Cassandra's definition: "
projets de partenariats de coopération militaire structurelle". As for the agreement with Lebanon, military assistance is exactly what the French do there (
https://lb.ambafrance.org/13eme-Commission-mixte-de-cooperat...