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Around twenty women from different parts of Southern Lebanon gathered in Tyre on 13 August to learn the secrets of the famous Italian cuisine, unveiled by Italian chefs from UNIFIL. For many people, when you say Italy, they…

On 17 August 2015, the Prime Minister of Finland, Mr. Juha Sipilä and the Prime Minister of Estonia, Mr. Taavi Rõivas paid a joint visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura…

The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Luciano Portolano, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces…

On 3 August, UNIFIL donated a topographical Global Positioning System (GPS) device to the Regional Technical Office (RTO) of the Union of Municipalities of Tyre during a ceremony which was held in Qulaylah. The ceremony was…

"I keep coming back to south Lebanon searching for peace of mind," said Erik Hovet a former Norwegian peacekeeper who served in UNIFIL's Norwegian Armoured Personnel Carrier Platoon, in the southern town of Ibl Saqi in 1980.…

On 8 July, UNIFIL's Sector East Commander Brigadier-General Jose Conde walked around al-Taybe popular market held every Wednesday in the town square. Normally items on sale include vegetables, fruits, and clothes and are…

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Paolo Gentiloni today paid a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura, southern Lebanon and visited…

The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Luciano Portolano, yesterday delivered the keynote address at the graduation ceremony of the American University…

The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Luciano Portolano, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces…

The Deputy Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations, H.E. Caroline Ziade paid a visit today to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL…

Three Lebanese civil defense firefighters, accompanied with a captain from UNIFIL Fire Brigade unit, have to enter a burning building, extinguish a fire and cool down the place. This is one of the scenarios during a three-day…

The UN General Assembly declared 21 June as International Yoga Day. In observance of this Day, UNIFIL Indian battalion organised a Yoga display and cultural exchange at their base in Ebel Saqi, in southern Lebanon.