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UN Peacekeeper helmet returns to south Lebanon 40-years after the establishment of UNIFIL
This month marks 40-years since the establishment of the UNIFIL Peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon. Starting today, and through the month of March, we will look back at the service and sacrifice of thousands of UN…
French students visit UNIFIL HQ
UNIFIL today organized the visit of a group of 23 French university students to the Mission Headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon. During the visit facilitated by UNIFIL’s Civil Affairs Office, the students from Paris…
Traffic safety workshop for south Lebanon students
UNIFIL peacekeepers organized a traffic safety workshop in Shama, south Lebanon, yesterday for more than 200 young school students from the Mission’s area of operation. The Italian and Tanzanian peacekeepers attached to the…
UNIFIL peacekeepers hand out gifts to children
A group of UNIFIL peacekeepers paid visits to special needs children in Ayta ash-Shaab and orphan girls in Tibnin, both within the UNIFIL area of operation in south Lebanon, as part of their community outreach activities…
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…