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The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Samir Moqbel, and Lebanese Armed Forces Commander, General Jean Kahwaji, paid a visit today to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Minister of Interior Nuhad Mashnouk in Beirut. Discussions…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today paid two separate courtesy calls to the Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic H.E. Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian in Beirut and to Maronite Patriarch…

Children at three schools in south Lebanon participated in a road safety demonstration, organized by multiple UNIFIL divisions – Civil Affairs, Transport and Force Provost Marshall (FPM). The campaign, held at schools in…

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…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Samir Moqbel in Beirut. Discussions focused on the situation in UNIFIL’s area of…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today paid a courtesy call to the Vice President of the Islamic Shiite Highest Council Sheik Abed Al Amiir Kaabalaan in his office in Beirut. Major…

UNIFIL's Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano hosted local authorities in south Lebanon today at the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura, to exchange greetings and wishes for the holiday season…

UNIFIL commemorated the annual Open Day on Women, Peace and Security on Monday December 1 with a presentation by the Women's Working Group of Southern Lebanon on ways to encourage women's involvement in the peace-building…

The General Director of Lebanon's General Security, Major-General Abbas Ibrahim, today paid a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at Naqoura in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of…

UNIFIL's Belgian battalion (Belubatt) completed a four-month training program at the Amlieh Orphan Care Association in Tibnin, as one of their final community initiatives in south Lebanon. The training program covered basic…

The 71st anniversary of Lebanon’s Independence was celebrated at UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura on 19th November. The ceremony was attended by the Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano, Deputy…