US EditionUN Security Council renews Lebanon peacekeeping mission 'for a final time'
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a final 16-month extension for UNIFIL, which includes a planned withdrawal and aims to make Lebanon the sole security provider in the south.
- The United Nations Security Council has extended the peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until the end of 2026, marking it as the final extension.
- The resolution requests UNIFIL to cease operations in 2026 and suggests a phased disarmament of Hezbollah, as mentioned by acting U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Dorothy Shea.
- Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam welcomed the extension, emphasizing the need for Israel to withdraw from occupied territories in Lebanon.
- Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon claimed that UNIFIL has failed its mission and allowed Hezbollah to grow as a regional threat.
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DailyTruthReportUN peacekeepers in Lebanon to leave the country after nearly 50 years
The United Nations Security Council has voted to pull its peacekeeper force from Lebanon after a 47-year deployment in the Middle Eastern country to secure its southern border shared with Israel. The council extended the country’s peacekeeping mission for the final time on Thursday. The peacekeepers will gradually withdraw from Lebanon until a final departure date of Dec. 31, 2026. The Security Council created the United Nations Interim Force in…
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon is due to expire at the end of 2026. The government in Beirut is facing significant challenges. In the future, it will have to provide security on the border with Israel alone.
United Nations Votes to End Lebanon Peacekeeping Mission
The United Nations Security Council has voted to extend its peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon until the end of 2026, before terminating it in what the resolution described as an “orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal” the following year. On Thursday, the Security Council unanimously backed the decision, which had strong support from the United States. The resolution said that the pullout would take place in close consultation with the …
The resolution calls on the international community to strengthen support for the Lebanese Armed Forces.
The UN Security Council has extended its mandate for a last year until 31 December 2026, with Washington hostile to further extensions. Presented since 1978 in the Cedar Country, the UN Blue Helmets are today a force composed of 10,800 peacekeepers. Thanks to President Jospeh Aoun and the pressure of Israel.
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