News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

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. Following the tragic attack perpetrated in Beirut last week where 43 were killed and more than 200 people injured, General Portolano…

A minutes silence was held on Thursday 19 November at UNIFIL at the opening of the 72nd Lebanese Independence Day commemorated by National Staff Union (NSU). Maroum Diab, Chairperson of the NSU addressed the large crowd, noting "The commemoration of our independence day this year comes at a…

The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Luciano Portolano, chaired on Wednesday, 25 November a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN…

Many of us have grown up folding paper, turning them into gliders and launching them in all directions for hours on end. In Japan, the art of folding of paper is called Origami, it is not only fun, but very useful too. A series of Origami learning sessions was organised by UNIFIL's Civil Affairs…

At dawn on the first of December it was lashing rain in South Lebanon, but by the time the UNIFIL joggers gathered to begin the 5km run the clouds had cleared revealing familiar blue skies. The run was organized by UNIFILs HIV/AIDS unit to commemorate World Aids Day. One of the days organizer's, Dr…

On Wednesday, 2 December, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano held a meeting with Ambassadors of UNIFIL Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs), Permanent Members of the UN Security Council and representative of the EU Delegation to Lebanon at UNIFIL House in…

In a classroom in Quallawiyah primary school, South Lebanon, students practice French vocabulary and grammar with their teachers. With native French speakers guiding them, these students will be have a higher chance of commanding the accent and inflection of this melodic language. In the future…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today reviewed the ongoing work for visible marking of the Blue Line (Line of Withdrawal) in the area of Kafer Kela in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) personnel, accompanied by UNIFIL, carried out…

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) donated a number of UN-owned information-technology equipment to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the General Security Directorate/ Sûreté Générale (SG) at a ceremony held on 16 December at its headquarters in Naqoura, South Lebanon. The event…

This evening shortly after 17:30 hrs, UNIFIL radars detected three rockets fired from the general area of Al Hinniyah in southern Lebanon towards Israel. The IDF informed UNIFIL that two rockets had impacted in northern Israel, and a third fell in the sea. The IDF retaliated with approximately eight…

Students from Sacred Heart School in Marjayoun in south Lebanon celebrated Christmas in a special way this year – they met children from the Sacred Heart School in Granada, Spain. The event was arranged by Lt. Col Louis Fernando Perez Amo, Public Information officer in the UNIFIL Spanish battalion…

In a new room at the Agricultural Bureau in Bint Jubayl, a round of applause breaks out as Imran Riza, Deputy Head of the Mission of UNIFIL hands out olive oil quality lab testing equipment to representatives from three olive oil cooperatives: Safad Al Battikh, Kunin and Aynata. The day is a…