UNIFIL and UNMAS hail partnership in demining in south Lebanon

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) today highlighted the achievements realized together in south Lebanon while vowing to continue the dangerous but life-saving undertaking of clearing landmines. UNIFIL Head of Mission Read More …

UNIFIL Statement: Artillery Shell Hits UNIFIL Sector West Headquarters

Shama (Lebanon), 15 November 2024 – This afternoon, a 155mm live artillery shell hit UNP 2-3, UNIFIL West Sector headquarters in Shama. The shell did not detonate and Italian bomb disposal experts swiftly secured the area, removed the ordnance, and Read More …

German UNIFIL ship downs drone off Lebanese coast

A German Navy warship participating in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has downed a drone off Lebanon’s coast, a military spokesman told dpa on Thursday. The Ludwigshafen am Rhein corvette repelled an approaching drone at around 7 Read More …

UNIFIL: Two peacekeepers injured after two explosions close to an observation tower in Naqoura

This morning, UNIFIL’s Naqoura headquarters was affected by explosions for the second time in the last 48 hours. Two peacekeepers were injured after two explosions occurred close to an observation tower. One injured peacekeeper was taken to a hospital in Read More …

UNIFIL Chief of Operations inspects Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to Lebanon

Recently, French Colonel Peyrecave, J3 Chief of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), inspected the 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to UNIFIL and expressed his appreciation for China’s outstanding contribution to UNIFIL. Upon arriving at the camp, Peyrecave and Read More …

Sri Lankan peacekeepers visit Chinese peacekeeping troops’ barracks in Lebanon

Sri Lankan peacekeepers recently visited the barracks of the 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Multi-role Engineering Company to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The two sides exchanged views on the current security situation in the mission area and shared Read More …

Lebanon: Chinese, French peacekeepers exchange mine clearance, EOD experience

The 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Multi-Role Engineering Company to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) had exchanges on mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) with the French peacekeeping battalion on the morning of April 4, the International Day Read More …

UN observers wounded in Lebanon not hit by ‘direct or indirect fire’

The four members of the U.N.’s technical observation mission in southern Lebanon were wounded as they were carrying out a foot patrol in south Lebanon. Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the U.N. peacekeeping mission UNIFIL, said its “preliminary investigation showed that Read More …

Chinese, French peacekeeping troops in Lebanon conduct exchange activity

The 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were invited to an exchange activity with the French battalion, which also undertakes the peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, on February 26. During the event, the engineering Read More …

Chinese peacekeepers in Lebanon obtain mine clearance and EOD quality certification

BEIJING, Jan. 2 — The 52 members of the 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) passed the mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) quality assessment conducted by the United Nations Mine Action Read More …