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The assembled group of 20 Internal Security Forces (ISF) personnel break into a round of applause as each of their colleague’s names are called. In turn they step up, shake hands with their chief and the UNIFIL trainers, and…
The medical team of UNIFIL’s Italian contingent recently organized a large-scale campaign in the town of Arzon in Tyre, south Lebanon. Many families benefited from the initiative and appreciated UNIFIL peacekeepers’ efforts…
The Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces, Vice Admiral Mark Mellett, today visited UNIFIL’s joint Irish-Finish Battalion (IRISHFINBATT) in south Lebanon. He was briefed on the operations of the battalion and the…
The “Special Need Centre” in the village of Suq Al Khan in South Lebanon benefited from a donation by UNIFIL Spanish Peacekeepers. The $13,200 donation funded a project to install an elevator for the center to enable the safe…
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…