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This article was first published by Newsweek------------------------------------------------------------------------
As part of UNIFIL’s endeavours to build and enhance capacity of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), the mission’s naval peacekeepers have intensified in recent months training activities with the Lebanese Navy and the Air Force.
The UN flag was raised once again yesterday at a UNIFIL observation post along the Blue Line in Labbouneh. The post, which was damaged during the recent conflict, underwent major repairs recently.
Late last night, Lebanon’s Permanent Military Court found guilty six of the individuals charged in the killing of Irish peacekeeper Private Seán Rooney in Al-Aqbieh in December 2022. One individual was acquitted.
UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers launched a monthlong campaign last week aimed at vaccinating 25,000 cattle against Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) within their area of responsibility in southeastern Lebanon.
UNIFIL peacekeepers collaborated last week with Lebanese security institutions and local women leaders from south Lebanon in three separate events aimed at advancing the role of women both in security institutions and in post-conflict communit
UNIFIL’s Force Commander’s Reserve (FCR) handed over a vital solar-powered streetlighting project to local authorities in the village of El Hebbariye, southeastern Lebanon, this week.
At the invitation of the Union of Tyre Municipalities, UNIFIL peacekeepers participated in the Tyre Craft Market Festival held in the heart of the city last week.
The UNIFIL Italian contingent is working this week to repair section of a vital road close to the UN mission’s headquarters in Naqoura that was heavily damaged during recent hostilities.