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On 14 July 2017, UNIFIL’s Sector East Nepalese Battalion (NEPBATT) Commander Lieutenant Colonel Sanjaya Deuja inaugurated the “LED Street Light” project in the village of Blida. Distinguished guests from the area including…
Along the Blue Line near Blida fields, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Blue Line team holds their surveying and mapping instrument steady to take GIS coordinates. As a LAF officer calls out the coordinates, his colleagues…
UNIFIL’s Sector East (SECEAST) Headquarters (HQ) and its Commander Brigadier General Venancio Aguado de Diego yesterday organized a luncheon for the local authorities of South Lebanon at its base in Marjayoun. Members of…
UNIFIL’s Sector West Headquarters and the Mission’s Italian Contingent organized a mine awareness campaign at As Samaiyah Intermediate Public School in Tyre district, in collaboration with various UNIFIL units, UN Mine Action…
UNIFIL’s Sector West Headquarters and the Italian Contingent organized an “entertainment day” for about 100 Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) martyrs’ children on 8 July. UNIFIL Sector West Commander Brigadier General Francesco…
On Monday 10 July 2017, Colonel Nicolas DURAND succeeded to Colonel Loïc GIRARD as the head of the Force Commander Reserve (FCR). The ceremony of Transfer of Authority held at Deir Kifa, was attended by Brigadier General…
On 08 July 2017, UNIFIL’s Indian Battalion (INDBATT) conducted anti-rabies vaccination vamp for pets (dogs and cats) at Souk Al Khan. During the event, 175 cases of canine and feline pets were vaccinated against rabies. The…
Working in close coordination with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, UNIFIL’s Indian Battalion (INDBATT) conducted a weeklong vaccination drive against “goat plague” in Halta, south-eastern Lebanon, last week. Mayor of…
The electricity supply in South Lebanon is intermittent, with daily power outages that last a few hours at a time. The time and duration of these outages vary from village to village, and are so routine that residents…
The Sector West Headquarters of UNIFIL organized a joint training course with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) yesterday in order to identify and mitigate the potential dangers posed by chemical, biological, radiological and…
The Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lebanon, Salim Jreissati, paid a visit to the UNIFIL Headquarters and the UN Mission’s area of operations (AO) in south Lebanon today. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander…
UNIFIL peacekeepers held a memorial ceremony in El Khiam in south Lebanon last week to pay homage to the six Spanish peacekeepers killed there in an attack ten years ago. UNIFIL’s Sector East Commander Brigadier General…