Tripartite Meeting held on 17 December 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…
UNIFIL Force Commander visits Grand Mufti and Maronite Patriarch
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 in Beirut and to Maronite Patriarch…
UNIFIL Force Commander meets Lebanese leaders in Beirut
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…
UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano welcomes Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Samir Moqbel and the Lebanese Armed Forces Commander, General Jean Kahwaji to UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence accompanies LAF Commander in visit to UNIFIL
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Samir Moqbel, and Lebanese Armed Forces Commander, General Jean Kahwaji, paid a visit today to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in…
Austrian Peacekeeper showing a decorated bottle at the Christmas celebration at UNIFIL HQ in Naqoura, South Lebanon.
Handmade items bring out Christmas spirit
The Austrian battalion hosted a Christmas exhibition of arts, crafts and homemade bread made by the children of the Mosan Centre for Children with Special Needs at the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura. It has been an annual…
Belgian troops at the ceremony at At Tiri marking their departure from south Lebanon.
Belgian troops bid farewell to south Lebanon
After years of fruitful tenure, the Belgians troops departed for home in December 2014, marking the end of their peacekeeping efforts in south Lebanon. When the Belgian peacekeeping troops first arrived in south Lebanon…
Serbian Medical team from UNIFIL examines patient at municipality premises in Deir Mimas, south Lebanon as part of their CIMIC activities.
Serbian medical team enjoys warm welcome in south Lebanon
At Burj Al Muluk, a village in south Lebanon, Ms. Siham Homsi looks forward to her visit to the doctor. There is no full-time clinic here, and the nearest hospital is in Bint Jbeil. However residents of Burj Al Muluk have…
Ghanaian peacekeepers talk to members of women cooperatives at a fair organized by UNIFIL in Chamaa, south of Lebanon.
UNIFIL holds annual handicrafts exhibition in Shama
The Handicrafts Exhibition for Women was recently held at the UNIFIL base in Shama, south Lebanon. The exhibition is an annual UNIFIL tradition, bringing together women entrepreneurs in south Lebanon with an eclectic mix of…
UNIFIL Press Statement on incidents along the Blue Line
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…
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
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…
UNIFIL Force Commander meets Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri in his office in Beirut to discuss the situation in the UNIFIL Area of Operation in view of…
UNIFIL Force Commander meets Prime Minister Tammam Salam
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam in his office in Beirut to discuss the situation in the UNIFIL Area of Operations in view of the…