Lebanese security officers train with Italian peacekeepers on precision shooting
UNIFIL’s Italian Paratroppers “Folgore” Brigade trained last week with 16 officers from the Lebanese General Directorate of State Security (GDSS) in precision shooting over long distances. The “sharpshooter skills” course…
Fallen UNIFIL soldier remembered
UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters today held a memorial ceremony in honour of a UNIFIL peacekeeper from Spain who was killed in the line of duty three years ago. UNIFIL’s Sector East Commander Brigadier General Francisco…
UNIFIL’s Sector West organizes Spartan Race
UNIFIL’s Sector West Command organized a Spartan Race, with participation of 15 teams operating under it, in the Sector Headquarters in Shaama, on Saturday. UNIFIL’s Italian Battalion won the “Sector West Challenge,” which…
German President visits MTF ship
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier today visited UNIFIL Maritime Task Force (MTF)’s German ship “Magdeburg” in the Port of Beirut and met with German peacekeepers. Welcoming the President onboard the ship, UNIFIL Head…
FCR provides medical support to schoolchildren
Over the course of the past six weeks, UNIFIL’s French and Finnish peacekeepers provided medical support to about 600 children in the city of Burj Kallawiyah, south Lebanon. The peacekeepers attached to the UN Mission’s Force…
UNIFIL head chairs first tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials in 2018
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today chaired the first tripartite meeting of 2018 with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the…
Joint UNIFIL-LAF exercise to enhance cooperation
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) conducted a joint exercise combining armoured assets, machine gun and small arms live fire in an area one kilometre south of the UNIFIL…
Indian peacekeepers defy icy conditions to keep peace
Life cannot go business-as-usual during the difficult winter season due to icy conditions in some parts of UNIFIL’s area of operation in south-eastern Lebanon. But for UNIFIL’s undaunted Indian peacekeepers, despite the harsh…
Nepalese officer takes over command of OGL
The Observer Group Lebanon (OGL), which is a part of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), had a change of command from Commandant Peter Ott (Ireland) to Lieutenant Colonel Ram Kaji Thapa (Nepal) during a…
Head of UN Peacekeeping Jean-Pierre Lacroix wraps up Lebanon visit
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, today concluded the Lebanon leg of his wider Middle East tour to visit UN Peacekeeping missions, including UNIFIL, and high ranking…
UN Peacekeeper helmet returns to south Lebanon 40-years after the establishment of UNIFIL
This month marks 40-years since the establishment of the UNIFIL Peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon. Starting today, and through the month of March, we will look back at the service and sacrifice of thousands of UN…
French students visit UNIFIL HQ
UNIFIL today organized the visit of a group of 23 French university students to the Mission Headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon. During the visit facilitated by UNIFIL’s Civil Affairs Office, the students from Paris…