There is an air of anticipation as the group of six soldiers crouch in silence outside the closed building with their weapons poised. Three of the soldiers are from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and three are peacekeepers…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary today called on the newly appointed Prime Minister Saad Hariri in his office in Beirut. Following the meeting, Major-General Beary said: “I was extremely…
In south Lebanon UNIFIL peacekeepers have a long history of protecting cultural heritage sites. The region is rich with ancient monuments and through coordination with local municipalities UNIFIL peacekeepers are involved in…
Some of the UNIFIL positions along the Blue Line are remote. To mark the end of the year Major General Michael Beary, UNIFIL’s Head of Mission and Force Commander, chose to visit a number of these isolated posts to chat with…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today visited the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri in Beirut. During the meeting, Major General Beary congratulated the Speaker on the…
The UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN…
UNIFL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary met with a delegation of Lebanese judiciary officials led by the President of the Supreme Judicial Council Judge, Juean Fahed, and the Prosecutor General…
Tala al-Zain from Cadmous College, a school in Tyre, points at a bowl on a table heaving with tasty Korean food and asks a UNIFIL peacekeeper from the Republic of Korea, “Is this potato?” She gets a nod, tastes the dish and…
Michael Haddad, the guest speaker, was inspiring. He spoke openly about the challenges he overcame after he was declared 75 per cent paralyzed from a Jet Ski accident at the young age of six. To date he has hiked across…
Despite the wet weather, over 200 runners from a wide range of UNIFIL’s civilian and peacekeeping contingents participated in the run in Naqoura on 1 December 2016. The event was held by UNIFIL’s HIV/AIDS and Gender Units to…
Sobhi Sleem, engineer and project manager, switches a button and the pumps at Deir Mimess Water Treatment plant whirr into life. The sound is quite unfamiliar in Deir Mimess as for the last number of years this sewage…
The 73rd Lebanese Independence Day was celebrated in UNIFIL headquarters with an event hosted by the Lebanese National Staff Union (NSU) last week. A choir and dancers from Cadmous College in Tyre performed to a large…
