LAF Intelligence Chief (Southern region) Brigadier General Khodor Hammoud, LAF Deputy Chief of Staff Brigadier General Mohammed Janbay and UNIFIL head Major General Michael Beary sign handover documents at the ceremony to mark the donation of equipment and vehicles from UNIFIL to LAF.
UNIFIL donates vehicles, engineering and IT equipment to LAF and LAF Intel
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today donated a number of UN-owned vehicles and other assets worth US$ 658,000 to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the LAF Intelligence at a ceremony held at the UN…
UNIFIL peacekeepers deploy during Steel Storm, the five-day joint live firing exercise with LAF.
UNIFIL and LAF conduct live firing exercise
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) today carried out a joint exercise combining armoured assets, machine gun and small arms live fire in an area one kilometre south of the…
UNIFIL’s eastern command conducts joint marksmanship training with LAF
A weeklong marksmanship training organized by UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), at its headquarter in Marjayoun, concluded today. This is in continuation of various joint trainings that…
UNIFIL honours Spanish peacekeeper fallen in action in 2015
UNIFIL Spanish contingent today hold a memorial ceremony in honour of 1st Corporal Francisco Javier Soria Toledo, a UNIFIL peacekeeper who lost his life in the line of duty in southern Lebanon, on 28 January 2015. The…
Water pump project, funded by UNIFIL’s SPANBATT, inaugurated
UNIFIL’s Spanish Battalion (SPANBATT) Commander Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Salas, inaugurated a SPANBATT-funded water pump project in Dibbine, south-eastern Lebanon, today. UNIFIL’s Spanish Battalion provided US$ 19,000 for…
Joint police training at UNIFIL base
UNIFIL’s eastern command organized a joint police training at its headquarters in Marjayoun. Twenty-nine participants from Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) and UNIFIL Sector East Military Provost Units from Indonesia…
Major-General Beary chairs regular tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
The Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNIFIL, Major General Michael Beary, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the…
UNIFIL Indian peacekeepers on a foot patrol up to the UN position near Shab’a, south Lebanon.
Despite the icy weather UNIFIL foot and vehicle patrols continue
The crunch of snow under foot is a distinct sound. The team of UNIFIL Indian peacekeepers hike their way through the rugged terrain on a patrol near Shab’a. The recent cold snap has left blankets of deep snow, so the patrol…
During the visit of a Lebanese Civil Defense delegation led by its General Director, Brigadier General Raymond Khattar (left), to the UNIFIL Headquarters on 13 February, he also met with UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary.
Top Lebanese Civil Defense officials discuss enhanced cooperation with UNIFIL
A Lebanese Civil Defense (LCD) delegation led by its General Director, Brigadier General Raymond Khattar, visited UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura on 13 February to discuss areas of further cooperation between LCD and UNIFIL on…
Dr Halima al-Kaakour discusses proposal writing at the UNIFIL-supported training empowering newly elected women in municipalities.
UNIFIL trains elected women municipal members on public affairs
A UNIFIL-supported training that sought to empower elected women officials in municipalities in the UN Mission’s area of operation in south Lebanon concluded last week. About a dozen women representatives from UNIFIL’s area…
UNIFIL Force Commander Major General Beary (right) receives the Guard of Honour during the MTF Transfer of Authority ceremony at Beirut Port.
New Brazilian Rear Admiral at the helm of UNIFIL MTF
Rear Admiral Sergio Fernando de Amaral Chaves Jr. of Brazil assumed that command of UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) from his predecessor, Rear Admiral Claudio Henrique Mello de Almeida, amidst a handover ceremony organized…
Device installed by Israeli Army south of BL removed
UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti touched on Wednesday on the situation in the area around the southern town of Meis al-Jabal and what UNIFIL is doing in relation to the surveillance camera installed by the Israeli Army in a…