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UNIFIL ground operations
Every day several hundred patrols, each with two or three white vehicles flying the UN flag, roll down the roads of southern Lebanon. Added to that are a hundred Observation Posts, a number of foot patrols, de-miners and…
UNIFIL statements on the incident at El Adeisse, 03 August 2010
Regarding the exchange of fire between the Lebanese Armed Forces and Israeli Defense Forces in the area of El Adeisse along the Blue Line on Tuesday 03 August 2010, UNIFIL Public Information Office has released the following…
Lebanese Independence Day at UNIFIL
Lebanese staff members of UNIFIL marked their country's independence with speeches, patriotic song and traditional dance during a ceremony at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura. Mission leadership led by Force Commander Major…
UNIFIL’s MCOU team explaining the Blue Line to the children of the Jibayl Al Butm school.
Mr. Blue Barrel explains the Blue line
The line of withdrawal or the Blue line, as it is more commonly known, was established in the year 2000 to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon. 6 years have passed since UNIFIL, in cooperation with Lebanon…
Malaysian peacekeeper donating blood at Marjeyoun public hospital.
Blood for Life
It all started when Jamil Saab from the town of Kawkaba got into a terrible accident on the 14th of September and needed an O-negative blood transfusion, but couldn't find any. The seventeen year old boy's state was quiet…
Lebanese Navy about to engage in the joint exercise with the UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force
UNIFIL Maritime Task Force trains Lebanese Navy
Deployed since October 2006, UNIFIL's maritime task force supports the Lebanese Navy in monitoring its territorial waters, securing the Lebanese coastline and preventing the unauthorized entry of arms or related material by…
President Michel Sleiman visits UNIFIL
The Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, today paid a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) located in Naqoura, south Lebanon. UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra…
UNIFIL Press Statement: Tripartite Meeting held today, 23 January 2013
The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Paolo Serra, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)…
UNIFIL condemns explosion that injured 5 peacekeepers, says attack will not derail mission
Press statement - by UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, 09 December 2011: On 9 December, a UNIFIL vehicle traveling on a road at the southern outskirts of the city of Tyr was targeted by an explosion…
Five peacekeepers injured in explosion that targeted UNIFIL vehicle; investigation underway
(Comments by UNIFIL Deputy Spokesperson Andrea Tenenti on explosion near Tyre, 09 December 2011) "On 9 December, a UNIFIL vehicle traveling on a road at the southern outskirts of the city of Tyre was targeted by an explosion…