Press Releases

  • 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
    29 Jan 2015 - 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, a member of the Spanish contingent deployed in...
  • UNIFIL Press Statement on incidents along the Blue Line
    28 Jan 2015 - 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. During the course of the developments, a UNIFIL...
  • UNIFIL Force Commander meets Lebanese leaders in Beirut
    19 Dec 2014 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Minister of Interior Nuhad Mashnouk in Beirut. Discussions focused on the situation in UNIFIL's area of...
  • UNIFIL Force Commander visits Grand Mufti and Maronite Patriarch
    18 Dec 2014 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today paid two separate courtesy calls to the Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic H.E. Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian...
  • Tripartite Meeting held on 17 December 2014
    17 Dec 2014 - The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Luciano Portolano, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN...
  • UNIFIL Force Commander visits Minister of Defence
    16 Dec 2014 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Samir Moqbel in Beirut. Discussions focused on the situation in UNIFIL’s area of operations and issues related to the implementation of...
  • UNIFIL Force Commander visits Vice President of the Islamic Shiite Highest Council
    16 Dec 2014 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today paid a courtesy call to the Vice President of the Islamic Shiite Highest Council Sheik Abed Al Amiir Kaabalaan in his office in Beirut. Major-General Portolano thanked Sheik Abed Al Amiir Kaabalaan...
  • Major-General Abbas Ibrahim paid a visit to UNIFIL
    26 Nov 2014 - The General Director of Lebanon's General Security, Major-General Abbas Ibrahim, today paid a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at Naqoura in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano...
  • UNIFIL Force Commander meets with Lebanese leaders in Beirut
    14 Nov 2014 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Tammam Salam in Beirut....
  • Tripartite Meeting held on 12 November 2014
    12 Nov 2014 - The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Luciano Portolano, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior...

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