University students from around the world see UNIFIL’s work first-hand
UNIFIL today hosted a group of about 50 university students from around the world in its headquarters in Naqoura and at a UN position along the Blue Line in a visit organized by Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants. While in Naqoura, the visitors learned about the important work…
Sector West peacekeepers help put out fires
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Mission’s Sector West offered support to location populations in putting out fires over the past several days. The Mission’s Ghanaian, Irish, Italian and Malaysian peacekeepers helped put out fires in the communities, whose spread was triggered by rising temperatures and…
Command of UNIFIL Ghanaian peacekeepers changes
The Command of UNIFIL’s Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) changed during a transfer of ceremony held at the GHANBATT Headquarters in Al-Qawzah, South-western Lebanon last week. The 16 July ceremony saw the passing on of command from the outgoing Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Fiifi Deegbe, to…
UNIFIL head meets with Lebanon’s Foreign Minister
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col met with Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Gebran Bassil, in Beirut today, with discussions focusing on a wide range of issues concerning UNIFIL’s work in south Lebanon and at sea in pursuance of UN Security…
Korean peacekeepers and Lebanese Army boost combat skills
“It is a course that helps us acquire basic-self defence skills using daggers and pistols , unarmed self-defence methods against an unarmed opponent, as well as developing our techniques in individual attack and how to use edged weapons,” said Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Captain Houssam Mhanna, who…
UNIFIL Head of Mission chairs regular Tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a regular Tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN position in Ras Al Naqoura. Discussions focused on the situation along the Blue…
Sector East peacekeepers conduct marksmanship training with LAF
As part of UNIFIL’s ongoing cooperation with its strategic partner, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), the Mission’s Sector East peacekeepers have recently conducted a series of joint trainings with LAF personnel in honing their marksmanship skills. UNIFIL peacekeepers from India, Indonesia, Nepal and…
Outreach peacekeepers host children in UNIFIL HQ
A group of young children visited the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon, last week to know about various aspects of the peacekeeping mission’s work. The 45 children, aged between 5 and 12, visited UNIFIL on 8 August as part of their "Jean Paul II summer camp" of Dibbiyeh, which sits in…
UNIFIL-supported sports facility opened in Blida
UNIFIL’s Sector East Commander Brigadier General Rafael Colomer Martinez Del Peral last week opened a sports facility in Blida, south-eastern Lebanon, for which equipment were provided by UNIFIL. Brig. Gen. Peral opened the facility in the presence of Blida Mayor Hasan Hijazi and UNIFIL’s Nepalese…
UNIFIL pays tribute to fallen Spanish peacekeeper
UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) today paid their last tribute to a Spanish peacekeeper who lost his life yesterday morning while serving for peace in south Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col led a memorial ceremony in the Beirut airport…
UNIFIL statement on today’s incidents along the Blue Line
At about 5:00 p.m. today UNIFIL was informed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that an anti-tank missile had been fired from the vicinity of Marun Ar Ras in southern Lebanon at an IDF vehicle in the Avivim area, south of the Blue Line. In response the IDF conducted artillery fire directed at the…
UNIFIL HoM/FC meets with Lebanese Prime Minister
In the wake of the serious incident along the Blue Line on 1 September that occurred amidst mounting tension following developments outside the UNIFIL area of operations, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Stefano Del Col today called on Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut…