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Dog handlers from UNIFIL’s French contingent trained jointly with their counterparts from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) earlier this month. The “Attack Dog” exercise benefited LAF soldiers coming all the way from Beirut…
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea received United Nations medals earlier this week for their service in furthering peace in south Lebanon. At a medal parade ceremony held on 11 April in the Korean Battalion’s…
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’ Following the deployment of a new regiment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to UNIFIL…
UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) today paid last respects with full honours to Corporal Mercy Adade of the Ghanaian Contingent, who passed away at the age of 36 in the early morning of 5 April following short…
About 70 children from a public school in Houla in south-eastern Lebanon visited UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura, during which they were briefed on the work of the peacekeeping mission, last week. During the 5 April visit…
UNIFIL’s Republic of Korea Battalion (ROKBATT) recently organized taekwondo classes, running for three months, for their fellow peacekeepers at the Sector West Headquarters in Shama. A total of 72 peacekeepers from eight of…
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…
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…
The medical team of UNIFIL’s Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) organized a joint Combat Medicare Course with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) personnel at the main Ghanaian base in Al-Qawzah this week. The two-day course held on…
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. All set in…
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea today donated blood to the Tyre City Red Cross during a ceremony at the Korean Contingent’s main base in south-western Lebanon. A total of 42 Korean peacekeepers donated 19…
In marking the International Day of Forests (21 March), UNIFIL’s Nepalese peacekeepers planted tree saplings in their main base in Meiss ej-Jebel and surrounding areas last week. The greening activity has been a part of the…