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A UNIFIL peacekeeper explains how the biodegrading machine works, converting organic waste into compost. It was repaired with funds donated by UNIFIL’s Spanish contingent.
Qulayah garbage facility running again
The truck full of garbage rumbles up to the Qulayah garbage depot and tips out the waste. Immediately municipal workers begin sorting the rubbish into different piles, differentiating organic waste from recyclable plastics…
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) personnel attend to an injured colleague during the joint combat medical aid training at UNIFIL’s Italian base near Shamaa in south Lebanon.
Joint combat medical aid training between UNIFIL and LAF
The patrol vehicle has just hit a landmine and the driver and three passengers are severely injured. Despite hostile fire, the first responders rescue the victims from the car and perform basic medical aid to save their…
Major General Beary meets with Minister Machnouk
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today met with the Lebanese Minister of Interior Nouhad Machnouk, in Beirut. During the meeting, which was his first with the Minister since taking charge…
At a UNIFIL Road Safety Day, local schoolchildren climb out of the vehicle after practicing how to fasten their seatbelts, and the next group waits for their turn.
UNIFIL raises road safety awareness among schoolchildren
Hundreds of schoolchildren, accompanied by their teachers, from UNIFIL’s area of operation in south Lebanon braced cold weather recently to gather at Tair Harfa Public School. They were there for a reason: to learn about road…
Aggressive behaviour towards UNIFIL patrols
This morning, two UNIFIL patrols in the general area of Al Mansouri-Majda Zun (Sector West) were obstructed by groups of aggressive men who attempted to cause physical harm to the peacekeepers and UN assets. In separate…
LAF Intelligence Chief (Southern region) Brigadier General Khodor Hammoud, LAF Deputy Chief of Staff Brigadier General Mohammed Janbay and UNIFIL head Major General Michael Beary sign handover documents at the ceremony to mark the donation of equipment and vehicles from UNIFIL to LAF.
UNIFIL donates vehicles, engineering and IT equipment to LAF and LAF Intel
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today donated a number of UN-owned vehicles and other assets worth US$ 658,000 to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the LAF Intelligence at a ceremony held at the UN…
UNIFIL peacekeepers deploy during Steel Storm, the five-day joint live firing exercise with LAF.
UNIFIL and LAF conduct live firing exercise
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) today carried out a joint exercise combining armoured assets, machine gun and small arms live fire in an area one kilometre south of the…
UNIFIL’s eastern command conducts joint marksmanship training with LAF
A weeklong marksmanship training organized by UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), at its headquarter in Marjayoun, concluded today. This is in continuation of various joint trainings that…
UNIFIL honours Spanish peacekeeper fallen in action in 2015
UNIFIL Spanish contingent today hold a memorial ceremony in honour of 1st Corporal Francisco Javier Soria Toledo, a UNIFIL peacekeeper who lost his life in the line of duty in southern Lebanon, on 28 January 2015. The…
Water pump project, funded by UNIFIL’s SPANBATT, inaugurated
UNIFIL’s Spanish Battalion (SPANBATT) Commander Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Salas, inaugurated a SPANBATT-funded water pump project in Dibbine, south-eastern Lebanon, today. UNIFIL’s Spanish Battalion provided US$ 19,000 for…