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Korean peacekeepers organize joint exercise with LAF

UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea organized a joint exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) last week to enhance the latter’s military capabilities.

02 Jul 2018

UNIFIL donation to new LAF tactical centre in Tyre

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Michael Beary, today attended the inauguration of a UNIFIL-supported Tactical Operations Center (TOC) of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in Tyre, south Lebanon.

29 Jun 2018

Spain’s Ambassador pays homage to fallen UNIFIL soldiers

Spain’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Jose María Ferrer De La Peña, visited the memorial of the six UNIFIL Spanish peacekeeper killed in 2007, marking the 11th anniversary of the tragic incident, in El Khiam in south-eastern Leb

26 Jun 2018

Military Olympiad raises €19,000 for LAF martyrs’ association

The partially intact Roman circus within the archeological ruins of Tyre’s hippodrome was a fitting backdrop for the annual UNIFIL Military Olympiad, hosted by the peacekeeping mission’s French contingent.

26 Jun 2018

Indian peacekeepers organize group yoga session

UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers organized a yoga session for the local population and fellow peacekeepers at their main base in Ebel es Saqi, south-eastern Lebanon, marking the International Day of Yoga on Thursday.

22 Jun 2018

UNIFIL community outreach unit reflects on a busy year

As the school year in Lebanon winds down, teachers and students prepare their end of year celebrations and look forward to the summer break. It is a time for reflection.

21 Jun 2018

Hundreds of school children are educated on the dangers of mines in south Lebanon

In a recent Mine Risk Education (MRE) day, hundreds of young school children from the Tyre district participated in a variety of activities raising their awareness about the dangers of mines and unexploded ordinance (UXO).

14 Jun 2018

Chinese peacekeepers conduct cultural exchanges activities at schools

To mark the 2018 Lebanese Children’s Day, UNIFIL’s Chinese Battalion (CHINBATT) organized a cultural exchange event at Cadmous College in Tyre, South Lebanon, last week.

08 Jun 2018

UNIFIL strives to ‘beat plastic pollution’

From solar farms and sewage treatment plants in its headquarters in Naqoura to the building of a greenhouse out of recycled plastic bottles in a UNIFIL position near Kafr Chouba in south-eastern Lebanon, UNIFIL peacekeepers have been striving to protect the environment of the communities they ser

05 Jun 2018

UNIFIL’s fallen soldier remembered on UN Peacekeepers’ Day

Marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on 29 May, UNIFIL’s Gender Advisory Unit and the Mission’s Women Focal Point Margrit Hrandian paid tribute to a Ghanaian peacekeeper, Corporal Mercy Adade, who passed away recently, at a brief ceremony in the Mission Headquarters in Naqoura.

31 May 2018

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