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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today underwent a transfer of command of its Maritime Task Force (MTF) to Rear Admiral Flavio Macedo Brasil from Rear Admiral Walter Eduardo Bombarda at the end of his one…

UNIFIL’s Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano met today with local authorities, mayors, LAF and Internal Security Officers in the town of Bint Jbeil in south Lebanon. Major-General Portolano…

Hebbariyeh stands on the western slope of Mount Hermon, in Hasbaya district, as high as 750 metres above the sea level. During the last winter period, the village experienced its share of the "white blizzard"; but as poetic…

The Lebanese Minister of Environment Mr. Mohammad Machnouk, today paid a visit to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura where he was received by UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today held separate meetings with Sheikh Hasan Abdallah (Tyre and Jabal Amel Shiite Mufti), Bishop Shukrallah Nabil Hajj (Tyre Maronite Archbishop)…

"The training that we are doing today is one of a series of courses that we deliver to LAF and UNIFIL soldiers to build up trust between both institutions" says Major Tadgh Murray, the Irish training officer conducting a…

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 Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam in his office in Beirut to discuss the situation in the UNIFIL Area of Operations in view of the…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri in his office in Beirut to discuss the situation in the UNIFIL Area of Operation in view of…

A memorial service was held this morning at the Beirut International Airport in honour of a UNIFIL peacekeeper who lost his life yesterday in the line of duty in southern Lebanon. Lance Corporal Francisco Javier Soria Toledo…

The Handicrafts Exhibition for Women was recently held at the UNIFIL base in Shama, south Lebanon. The exhibition is an annual UNIFIL tradition, bringing together women entrepreneurs in south Lebanon with an eclectic mix of…

At Burj Al Muluk, a village in south Lebanon, Ms. Siham Homsi looks forward to her visit to the doctor. There is no full-time clinic here, and the nearest hospital is in Bint Jbeil. However residents of Burj Al Muluk have…