Hundreds of school children are educated on the dangers of mines in south Lebanon
In a recent Mine Risk Education (MRE) day, hundreds of young school children from the Tyre district participated in a variety of activities raising their awareness about the dangers of mines and unexploded ordinance (UXO). Crucially the young people are taught to recognize these potentially lethal…
UNIFIL community outreach unit reflects on a busy year
As the school year in Lebanon winds down, teachers and students prepare their end of year celebrations and look forward to the summer break. It is a time for reflection. The team in UNIFIL’s Military Community Outreach Unit (MCOU) are also using this time to look back on the past year and to thank…
Indian peacekeepers organize group yoga session
UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers organized a yoga session for the local population and fellow peacekeepers at their main base in Ebel es Saqi, south-eastern Lebanon, marking the International Day of Yoga on Thursday. India’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Sanjiv Arora, inaugurated the event participated by some…
Military Olympiad raises €19,000 for LAF martyrs’ association
The partially intact Roman circus within the archeological ruins of Tyre’s hippodrome was a fitting backdrop for the annual UNIFIL Military Olympiad, hosted by the peacekeeping mission’s French contingent. The 23 June competition saw a series of grueling events between six teams – three teams from…
Spain’s Ambassador pays homage to fallen UNIFIL soldiers
Spain’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Jose María Ferrer De La Peña, visited the memorial of the six UNIFIL Spanish peacekeeper killed in 2007, marking the 11 th anniversary of the tragic incident, in El Khiam in south-eastern Lebanon, last week. In front of the commemorative monolith and in the presence of…
UNIFIL donation to new LAF tactical centre in Tyre
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Michael Beary, today attended the inauguration of a UNIFIL-supported Tactical Operations Center (TOC) of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in Tyre, south Lebanon. At the event the LAF South Litani Sector Commander, Brigadier General Robert Al…
Korean peacekeepers organize joint exercise with LAF
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea organized a joint exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) last week to enhance the latter’s military capabilities. The two-day exercise, from 28 to 29 June, included the Korean contingent’s unarmed combat skills (Taekwondo and combat martial arts)…
Dramatic medical evacuation exercise by UNIFIL peacekeepers
Several injured patients, two on stretchers, were rushed to a waiting helicopter. This was part of a real-life scenario and a dramatic air medical evacuation training exercise for UNIFIL peacekeepers stationed in south Lebanon. The exercise involved medically trained UN Peacekeepers from France and…
Primary schools receive scholastic equipment from Spanish peacekeepers
More than 100 children of two primary schools in Ain Arab and Kleyaa, south-east Lebanon, received scholastic equipment from UNIFIL’s Spanish peacekeepers recently. The Spanish peacekeepers, led by UNIFIL’s Spanish Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Nicolas Gonzalez Chamorro, donated stationary…
UNIFIL peacekeepers join hands with LAF and Municipality in cleaning historic fort
Working hand-in-hand with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) personnel and local municipality, UNIFIL’s Nepalese peacekeepers carried out the campaign of cleaning the historic Shaqra-Dubiyye Fort in south-eastern Lebanon last week. The one-day event saw 54 Nepalese peacekeepers joining 20 personnel…
Ghanaian peacekeepers support special needs school and community centre
UNIFIL’s Ghanaian peacekeepers donated last week a photocopier to a special needs school in Ayta ash-Shaab and a 30 KVA generator set to a community centre in Al Qawzah. The Ghanaian peacekeepers from the outgoing battalion (GHANBATT 84) had organized two benefit musical concerts – in the UNIFIL…
New Ghanaian Battalion takes charge
UNIFIL’s Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) saw a change in command of its 850-strong force operating in furthering peace in south Lebanon, last week. At a transfer of authority ceremony held in the Battalion headquarters in Al Qawzah on 6 July, the outgoing Commanding Officer Lt Col William Nortey…