Teacher talking to women from Ramieh village about soap making process, in south Lebanon.
Soap making workshop
Twenty-five women from the southern town of Ramieh are benefitting from a series of workshops organised by the municipality. After learning about knitting as an incoming generating activity, the women were invited to learn to…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano reviews the Guard of Honor during the International Day of Peace ceremony.
UNIFIL marks the International Day of Peace
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…
The instructor checking the milk temperature while heating.
Healthy dairy products in Ramieh
"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…
Shooting incident in Shab'a farms area
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…
Explosion in Shaba'a area
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…
Portrait of a Slovenian peacekeeper
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…
Glass bottles from Sarafand on display at the festival of Lebanese traditional food and handicrafts during the International Day of Rural Women at UNIFIL HQ.
Traditional Lebanese Products on display at UNIFIL
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…
UNIFIL South Korean medic performing medical checkup.
South Koreans help southerners heal
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…
UNIFIL participates in search and rescue operation as plane crashes between Cyprus and Lebanon
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…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano saluting the Guard of Honor at UN Day ceremony.
UNIFIL celebrates UN Day Anniversary
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 Force Commander meets Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Samir Moqbel
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…
Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Gebran Bassil and UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano inspecting the guard of honor.
Lebanese Foreign Minister visits UNIFIL
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…