News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today held a ceremony to observe the International Day of Peace at the Mission Headquarters in Naqoura. The ceremony was attended by representatives of Lebanese authorities including local mayors and community leaders, the Lebanese Armed Forces…

"In 1862 Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, finalized his experiments on pasteurization which now allows us to prepare our dairy products free of bacteria that cause Tuberculosis, Typhoid fever and Maltese fever," said Sami Hajjar, a specialist in food and dairy engineering, during a…

UNIFIL statement on shooting incident in Shab'a farms area on Sunday 5 October 2014. On Sunday 5 October at around 1.56pm UNIFIL was informed by the LAF about a shooting incident in Shab'a farms area. The incident involved troops from the LAF and IDF. UNIFIL Acting Force Commander, Brigadier General…

UNIFIL media line on today’s explosion in Shab'a farms area. This afternoon at approximately 14:30 hrs, the Israel Defence Forces confirmed that two IDF soldiers were wounded at an Israeli position in the Shaba'a area as a result of an improvised explosive device. The explosion was followed by IDF…

Shama, 20 September 2014 - UNIFIL Sector West Headquarters: This morning, eight Slovenian peacekeepers are getting ready for their recconaisance patrol (Recce) in south Lebanon. Amongst them, Private Samo Samardzic, the 26-year old radio operator. The young athletic soldier is not new to the United…

On this year's International Day of Rural Women, 15 October, seventeen local Agricultural Cooperatives and Handicrafts Associations drawn from UNIFIL's Area of Operation participated in an exhibition organised at UNIFIL's HQ in Naqoura. "We are proud because this is UNIFIL's contribution to…

Monday morning, 29 September, a team from UNIFIL's South Korean battalion heads to Chebriha southern town in order to provide medical services to the local population, at the town municipality centre. Fatima, a lady patient from town, assures that the South Korean medical team has helped the…

Press Statement on UNIFIL participation in search and rescue operation for crashed private plane. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force is participating in a search and rescue operation at sea after a private Cessna aircraft with two people on-board travelling…

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today held a ceremony at its headquarters in Naqoura, to mark the 69th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. During this international observance of the UN Day, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano…

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’s mandate under UN…

The Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Gebran Bassil, 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 Portolano welcomed the Minister and…

A friendly game between UNIFIL and a local team was held in the southern town of Yaroun during the inauguration of the town’s renovated football pitch. The works funded by UNIFIL and Yaroun’s municipality, represent an important symbolic partnership for the vital and only recreational facility in…