News articles

"This is mallet el smeed from Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain, 100% natural; this is rustic thyme picked with sumac and sesame by Hariss cooperative, 100% natural too...; this is Bint Jbeil freek (green wheat), one of the most delicious meals in the South...

28 Aug 2013

UNIFIL FC response to media inquiries on the bombings in Tripoli

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Paolo Serra, condemns in the strongest terms possible the criminal bombings at two mosques in the Northern city of Tripoli, targeting innocent civilians.

24 Aug 2013

UNIFIL Media lines on launching of rockets and Israeli Airstrike

22 August 2013

23 Aug 2013

Gen. Serra's response to media query on explosion in Rweis (Beirut) on 15 August

Asked by the National News Agency (NNA) about his reaction to the bomb attack in the Rouweiss neighbourhood of Beirut yesterday, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra condemned in the strongest terms “the criminal targeting of innocent civilians”.

16 Aug 2013

Singing hope and peace

"I ask the youth to calm down, give room for reason and invest eagerness where they should," Lebanese singer Oumeima El Khalil pleaded after performing in Houla and Marjeyoun on the occasion of United Nations International Youth Day.

15 Aug 2013

UNIFIL press statement on Labouneh incident

“I take very serious note of the reported incident near Labouneh during the night of 6-7 August. On receiving the report I immediately ordered a UNIFIL investigation into the incident.

09 Aug 2013

Press statement of UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti on the withdrawal of Turkish Engineering Construction Company (TURKCOY) of UNIFIL

"On 6 August UNIFIL has been informed by the UNHQ Department of Peacekeeping Operations that the Turkish Government has decided to withdraw the Turkish Engineering Construction Company (TURKCOY) of UNIFIL by the first week of September 2013.

09 Aug 2013

UNIFIL Turkish battalion host Ramadan Iftar

On August 1st, 2013, UNIFIL's Turkish Battalion held an Iftar banquet at its Battalion headquarters in Sha'aytiyeh in the presence of heads of municipalities, dignitaries of the area, other UNIFIL contingents, and the local population.

06 Aug 2013