UN Security Council renews UNIFIL mission, for the final time
The resolution orders UNIFIL's mission to end on Dec. 31, 2026, after which the peacekeeping force has a year to pack it up.
The resolution orders UNIFIL's mission to end on Dec. 31, 2026, after which the peacekeeping force has a year to pack it up.
"Your answer is not UNIFIL," US Special Envoy Tom Barrack said.
“We have collectively raised $800 million in humanitarian aid and $200 million for the security forces," said French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot.
After today’s attack, an analyst told Breaking Defense he expected UNIFIL to “likely reassess where it can position forces in the south, though without a full mandate to pull out I suspect some will remain in the area."
Thousands of peacekeepers are deployed on Lebanon's southern border and though they conduct anti-rocket operations, they're not mandated to forcefully intervene.