UNIFIL head chairs regular tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Michael Beary, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) at the UN position at Ras Al Naqoura. Discussions focused on issues related to the…
Prime Minister Hariri visits UNIFIL headquarters
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri today paid his first visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), as part of his tour of the UNIFIL area of operations in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary received the…
UNIFIL-LAF joint training on VIP protection
UNIFIL’s Sector East (SECEAST) Command organized a 5-day joint training earlier this month on VIP protection at a UN position in Marjayoun. In the training, UNIFIL peacekeepers were joined by 27 Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers. The training, focused on different theoretical and practical…
UNIFIL peacekeeper runs for 24 hours non-stop for ‘noble cause’
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today honoured a French peacekeeper for the latter’s recent endurance run for 24 hours around the Mission Headquarters. Warrant Officer Jérôme Teurtrie started his charity run around the camp at 8:00 p.m. on 15 April and stopped…
Nepalese peacekeepers provide free medical and dental services to locals
UNIFIL’s Nepal Battalion (NEPBATT) provided free treatment to 93 patients last week during two medical and dental camps it conducted in Tallousah and Majdel Slim municipalities in south-eastern Lebanon. During a 19 April camp, medical personnel from the Nepalese Army’s peacekeeping force treated 31…
UNIFIL-funded bridge links Shab’a village to the region
Bassem Hashem, Deputy Mayor of Shab’a, strolls along the recently graded dirt road and pauses at the new bridge. He examines the construction work and chats with the structural engineer. Construction of this new bridge crossing a stream in the valley has just been completed. The construction was…
UNIFIL Sector East conducts joint hand-to-hand combat training with LAF
UNIFIL’s Sector East (SECEAST) today concluded a nine-day joint Hand-to-Hand combat training with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) at a UN position in Marjayoun. The training, which focused on different theoretical and practical aspects of Hand-to-Hand combat training, was attended by 26 Lebanese…
UNIFIL’s Spanish contingent trains Civil Defence Centres in firefighting
UNIFIL Sector East conducted a two-week long firefighting training with the Lebanese Civil Defense Centres in south Lebanon. The joint activity was attended by 77 volunteers from Civil Defence Centres of Marjayoun, El Khiam, Rachaya Al Foukhar, Shab’a, Meiss Ej Jebel, Kleyaa and Frun. The training…
UNIFIL Sector West plays friendly match with local football team
UNIFIL’s Sector West Headquarters football team played a friendly match with a local club from Tyre at the Sour Municipal Stadium on Monday. The event, watched by UNIFIL’s Sector West Commander Brigadier General Francesco Olla, community leaders and locals, was organized to consolidate the ties…
Joint tour of Tyre by senior UNIFIL and local officials to boost local economy
In the antique historical city of Tyre – criss-crossed by a labyrinth of narrow streets and pathways – the onset of spring is usually a boon. The reason: it brings with it economic prosperity in the form of thousands of tourists. One recent Saturday afternoon, the scene was different. Shop-owners…
Thousands of Lebanese children join UN peacekeepers for spring festival
About 2,500 children from UNIFIL’s area of operations in south Lebanon joined UN peacekeepers in Sultaniyah, Tibnin last Sunday to celebrate “Children’s Spring Festival.” The annual event, which was the seventh in a row, saw the children between six and 16 years of age from Marjayoun, Bint Jbeil and…
UNIFIL-supported wall paintings inaugurated in Chaqra
UNIFIL’s Nepalese Battalion (NEPBATT) Commander and the Mayor of Chaqra inaugurated a series of wall paintings by local students in the south-eastern Lebanese village earlier this week. The paintings depicting Lebanese cultural arts and the country’s natural heritages were the artwork of 20 students…