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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…
Austrian Peacekeeper showing a decorated bottle at the Christmas celebration at UNIFIL HQ in Naqoura, South Lebanon.
Handmade items bring out Christmas spirit
The Austrian battalion hosted a Christmas exhibition of arts, crafts and homemade bread made by the children of the Mosan Centre for Children with Special Needs at the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura. It has been an annual…
Belgian troops at the ceremony at At Tiri marking their departure from south Lebanon.
Belgian troops bid farewell to south Lebanon
After years of fruitful tenure, the Belgians troops departed for home in December 2014, marking the end of their peacekeeping efforts in south Lebanon. When the Belgian peacekeeping troops first arrived in south Lebanon…
Serbian Medical team from UNIFIL examines patient at municipality premises in Deir Mimas, south Lebanon as part of their CIMIC activities.
Serbian medical team enjoys warm welcome in south Lebanon
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…
Ghanaian peacekeepers talk to members of women cooperatives at a fair organized by UNIFIL in Chamaa, south of Lebanon.
UNIFIL holds annual handicrafts exhibition in Shama
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…
UNIFIL Press Statement on incidents along the Blue Line
At around 11:30 am this morning, UNIFIL observed six rockets launched towards Israel from the vicinity of Wazzani north of Maysat in the UNIFIL area of operations. The IDF returned artillery fire in the same general area…
Honor guard carrying the flag-draped casket of departed Spanish peacekeeper, Lance Corporal Toledo, departs the memorial service held at the Beirut International Airport.
UNIFIL Honours fallen Peacekeeper
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…
UNIFIL Force Commander meets Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri
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…