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The Internal Security Forces (ISF) organised on 19 April the eighth "Arab Police Championship" half-marathon race in Beirut city. The race was planned under the auspices of the Minister of Interior Nouhad al-Mashnouq and the…
Today, the President of the Republic of Ireland H.E. Michael Higgins paid a visit to his country’s battalion operating in the framework of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at its base in al-Tiri, Bint…
The southern town of Sultaniyeh once again celebrated the Spring Festival with UNIFIL for the fourth year in a row. More than 4000 children from different villages across the UNIFIL Area of Operation participated in the event…
Lebanese Minister of Environment Mohammed al-Mashnouq and UNIFIL Head of Mission/Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano planted mid-February the first tree in the garden adjacent to the office of UNIFIL's Command in…
His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain today paid a visit to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Accompanying the King were the Spanish Minister of Defence Pedro Morenés Eulate, the Spanish Chief of Staff of…
This year, 830 students from 9 public and private schools in Tyre district convened at the Roman archeological site in the city to commemorate the World Water Festival. Children engaged in hands-on water activities at…
UNIFIL Head of Mission Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Samir Moqbel and Minister of Foreign Affairs Gebran Bassil in separate meetings in Beirut. Discussions…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Tammam Salam in two separate meetings in Beirut. The situation in UNIFIL…
The Lebanese Armed Forces have confirmed their acceptance of the latest point to be identified on the Line of Withdrawal between Lebanon and Israel, also called the Blue Line. On a sunny spring morning on the 5 March 2014 the…
19 March 2015 The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today held a ceremony to mark the 37th anniversary of its peacekeeping presence in southern Lebanon at the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura. Peacekeepers…
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…
"I was very concerned that I might leave Lebanon before having the opportunity of seeing my grandparents and reading al-Fatiha of the Holy Korkan by the tombs of my relatives," said Corporal Yasser, a French peacekeeper…