The U.S. previously demanded the force be ended in six months. It voted for a final mandate for the Lebanon-Israel border peacekeeping force until Dec. 31, 2026.
The Security Council voted Thursday for UN peacekeepers to leave Lebanon in 2027, allowing only one final extension after pressure from Israel and its US ally to end the nearly 50-year-old force.Israel hailed the upcoming termination of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and urged …
The Security Council voted Thursday for UN peacekeepers to leave Lebanon in 2027, allowing one final extension after pressure from Israel and its US ally to end the nearly 50-year-old force.Israel hailed the termination of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and urged the Beirut gov…
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to terminate the UN’s peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon over the next two years, signaling the end of an effort begun nearly half a century ago to stabilize the volatile borderlands between southern Lebanon and Israel.
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.
By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council will vote on Thursday to extend a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until the end of 2026, when the operation will then begin a year-long "orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal," diplomats said.The U.N.
(Corrects to add dropped word "member" in paragraph 3)By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council on Thursday unanimously extended "for a final time" a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until the end of 2026, when the operation will then begin a year-l…
