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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 for Antioch and the East Cardinal Bechara Boutros El-Rai, in his office in…

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 operations and issues related…

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 Naqoura, south Lebanon. UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano…

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 tradition for the Austrians since 2011. "It's Christmas, and it's all about…

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 shortly after the 2006 war, they were about 370 soldiers, stationed in Tibnin…

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 help closer at hand - from the medical staff of the Serbian battalion with…

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 national and international people working with UNIFIL who are eager to buy…

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 peacekeeper deployed at a UN…

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 Sector East, joined…

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 the recent incidents in southern Lebanon. The Force Commander shared with…

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 recent incidents in southern Lebanon. The Force Commander welcomed the…

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 Position at Ras Al…