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Lacroix: Resolution 1701 Remains Key, UNIFIL Ready to Support Lasting Peace Roadmap

This is Beirut, 14/11 18:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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On his third visit to Lebanon, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix stressed that Security Council Resolution 1701 remains the framework to return to stability — and build on it. Concluding a three-day visit to Beirut, Lacroix underscored in meetings with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Caretaker Prime Minister ...

Lebanon Files New UN Complaint After Israeli Attacks on UNIFIL

This is Beirut, 11/11 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lodged a new complaint with the UN Security Council in response to Israeli attacks on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The press release issued by the Ministry on Monday read: “More than thirty Israeli attacks targeted peacekeeping forces in Lebanon during the month of October 2024 ...

Qassem: 'We Are Ready for Conditional Indirect Negotiations'

This is Beirut, 06/11 21:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Lebanon UNIFIL Resolution 1701

The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, confirmed on Wednesday that his organization has expanded and enhanced its arsenal since the end of the 2006 war, in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701. Naim Qassem announced that Hezbollah is ready to accept “conditional” indirect negotiations between Beirut and Tel Aviv “if ...

Israeli commandos jammed UNIFIL radar in abduction operation

This is Beirut, 05/11 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A preliminary probe found that Israeli commandos used a speedboat equipped with radar-jamming devices to abduct a Lebanese man accused of being a Hezbollah operative, a Lebanese judicial official told AFP Tuesday. The initial findings suggest that "the Israeli army used a high-speed vessel equipped with advanced devices capable of jamming radars" ...

UNIFIL Stays in Place to Prevent ‘Occupation’ of Its Positions

This is Beirut, 02/11 16:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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UN peacekeeping operations head Jean-Pierre Lacroix reaffirmed that UNIFIL peacekeepers would “remain in place” in Lebanon, warning that withdrawing from their positions could lead to them being occupied by the Israeli Army or Hezbollah. He made these remarks in an interview with the UN news service, according to a statement issued on ...

Mikati to UNIFIL Commander: Israel Rejects All Ceasefire Efforts

This is Beirut, 01/11 11:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz, the Commander-in-Chief of The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), on Friday to address the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the challenges faced by the international forces in the region. During the meeting, Mikati highlighted the recent escalation of Israeli ...

Is Resolution 1701 a Magic Solution? Not So Simple

Marc Saikali, 31/10 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Analysts are debating a potential revision to Resolution 1701, though this remains unlikely for a simple reason: any new vote at the UN would face vetoes from China and Russia. Thus, Resolution 1701 is likely to remain unchanged. However, this doesn’t rule out the possibility that diplomats are quietly working to create an “adapted ...

Air Raids on Vehicles in Bshamoun and Kahaleh, and Evacuation Orders in Baalbek

This is Beirut, 30/10 10:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Wednesday morning, a car was targeted in Bchamoun near Al-Tabsh Mosque and another on the Kahaleh road near Araya. Kahaleh A Lebanese security official told AFP that an Israeli strike on a Hezbollah van carrying munitions, in Kahaleh, near Beirut killed the driver. "A van belonging to Hezbollah was targeted in an Israeli strike on the Kahaleh ...

UNIFIL Withdraws from Its Post in Dhayra Following Israeli Fire

This is Beirut, 26/10 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has announced that its soldiers withdrew on October 22 from an observation post in the southern Lebanese border town of Dhayra, after coming under fire from the Israeli Army. In a statement, UNIFIL said the peacekeepers at its permanent observation post in Dhayra were monitoring Israeli ...

Increasing Casualties in the South as UNIFIL Reports Attacks on Peacekeepers

This is Beirut, 25/10 18:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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On Friday evening, the Israeli army carried out a series of airstrikes against two neighborhoods in Bourj Brajneh and Haret Hreik, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, after calling on their inhabitants to leave the area half an hour earlier. The warning had been issued, as it had been practically every evening since September 23, by the Israeli ...

Targeting the Army in the South Raises Questions

Bassam Abou Zeid, 24/10 20:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

South Lebanon Lebanese Army UNIFIL

Several questions arise regarding the targeting of the Lebanese soldiers deployed in the south by the Israeli army, despite assurances that the Lebanese regular troops are not a target in Israeli military operations. The Lebanese Army had evacuated its forward positions along the border to avoid any Israeli attacks. However, some of its units in ...

Borrell: Make Full Use of UNIFIL

This is Beirut, 24/10 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, emphasized that the United Nations Interim Force stationed in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) should be used to its maximum potential rather than having its mission altered. Speaking with reporters on the sidelines of the international conference on Lebanon which ...

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