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Spike in UNIFIL patrolling and joint activities with Lebanese Armed Forces

By Tilak Pokharel

‘Foot patrols up by nearly 60 per cent in eight months while joint UNIFIL and LAF activities increased by 34 per cent’

12 Apr 2018

UNIFIL and UNMAS hail partnership in de-mining in south Lebanon

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) today highlighted the achievements realized together in south Lebanon while vowing to continue the dangerous but life-saving undertaking of clearing landmines.

04 Apr 2018

Photos and drawings tell 40 years of UNIFIL’s shared history in south Lebanon

In a little room inside Beit al Madina in the southern city of Tyre, drawings of white doves, green trees, sunrise, broken fences, flying birds, and people collecting their harvest would capture your attention.

27 Mar 2018

UNIFIL marks 40 years of serving for peace

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today marked its establishment day exactly 40-years ago with a ceremony in the Mission Headquarters in Naqoura and the opening of a photo exhibition in the coastal town of Tyre, south Lebanon.

19 Mar 2018

Spike in UNIFIL patrolling and joint activities with Lebanese Armed Forces

By Tilak Pokharel

‘Foot patrols up by nearly 60 per cent in eight months while joint UNIFIL and LAF activities increased by 34 per cent’

12 Apr 2018

UNIFIL, Lebanese Army pay last respects to fallen UNIFIL peacekeeper from Ghana

UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) today paid last respects with full honours to Corporal Mercy Adade of the Ghanaian ggContingent, who passed away at the age of 36 in the early morning of 5 April following short illness. Cpl.

11 Apr 2018

UNIFIL peacekeepers’ support helps put out large fire

Timely support from UNIFIL’s Indian and Spanish peacekeepers to the Lebanese Civil Defence firefighters in putting out a large fire averted a major damage to the communities in Hasbaya, south-eastern Lebanon, on Wednesday.

06 Apr 2018

UNIFIL and UNMAS hail partnership in de-mining in south Lebanon

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) today highlighted the achievements realized together in south Lebanon while vowing to continue the dangerous but life-saving undertaking of clearing landmines.

04 Apr 2018

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