Peacekeeping

UN votes to end its peacekeeping force in Lebanon next year after nearly 5 decades

United Nations AP — The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to terminate the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades, bowing to demands from the United States and its close ally Israel. The United States, which initially demanded that the force be ended in …

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Egypt Independent August 30, 2025

What is UNIFIL, the peacekeeping force on the Israel-Lebanon border?

CNN — Over the past week, the UN has said that the Israeli military has fired on its peacekeepers, forcibly entered its base, stopped logistics and injured more than a dozen of its troops in southern Lebanon. Israel’s attacks on the peacekeeping mission, which has operated in Lebanon for more than 45 years, have been …

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Egypt Independent October 17, 2024