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UNIFIL-supported wall paintings inaugurated in Chaqra
UNIFIL’s Nepalese Battalion (NEPBATT) Commander and the Mayor of Chaqra inaugurated a series of wall paintings by local students in the south-eastern Lebanese village earlier this week. The paintings depicting Lebanese…
During the training exercise LAF Navy soldiers apprehend sailors of the intercepted boat.
Dramatic boarding exercise with the Lebanese Navy and UNIFIL MTF
Out at sea a crackle comes over the radio: “Motor Vessel Sam, this is the Lebanese Navy. You cannot enter the Lebanese territorial waters from this position.” The reply from the Brazilian ship is uncooperative: “Lebanese Navy…
UNIFIL Head of Mission Major General Beary meets with Foreign Minister Bassil
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of the Republic of Lebanon, Gebran Bassil, in Beirut. The UNIFIL Head of Mission expressed…
UNIFIL’s Force Commander Reserve (FCR) team captain raises the Military Olympiad Cup - 2017.
Tyre's ancient hippodrome hosts gruelling military Olympiad
The unit of six UNIFIL French peacekeepers, carrying a stretcher with a colleague strapped to it, turned the corner and saw the menacing lattice of ropes about 50 cm off the ground glinting in the afternoon light. They hardly…
New Spanish commander takes over UNIFIL’s Sector East
A new Spanish Contingent, Brigadier General Venancio Aguado de Diego, took over the command of the Contingent and UNIFIL’s Sector East amidst a special ceremony at the Sector Headquarters in Marjayoun on 20 May. In his…
UNIFIL Indian peacekeepers participate in walk for health awareness
More than 50 Indian UNIFIL peacekeepers today participated in the Annual Health Awareness Walk, organized by Lebanese Red Cross in in the south-eastern Lebanese town of Marjayoun in close collaboration with the local Atallah…
Peacekeepers representing 40 national contingents march ahead of a UNIFIL ceremony marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
UNIFIL observes the International Day of UN Peacekeepers
UNIFIL observes the International Day of UN Peacekeepers
The First Woman to Command a UNIFIL Contingent
Last week Major Nina Raduha, from Slovenia, became the first woman contingent commander in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). She took charge of UNIFIL’s Slovenian Contingent on 22 May 2017. This is also…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Michael Beary, and UNIFIL Deputy Head of Mission, Mr. Imran Riza, plant an olive tree during the ceremony for 2017 World Environment Day in Naqoura.
UNIFIL Celebrates 2017 World Environment Day
UNIFIL joined with hundreds of UN organizations and agencies to celebrate 2017 World Environment Day on 5 June 2017 at an event held in Naqoura, south Lebanon. At the event UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major…
Italian blue helmets celebrate Italian National Day in Lebanon.
UNIFIL’s Italian Aviation headquarters in Naqoura was a fitting setting for the 71st Anniversary of the Italian Republic. The day was commemorated by UNIFIL’s Italian contingents, with the presence of Mr. Imran RIZA, Deputy…