Tracking the World, One Axis at a Time
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Wednesday that there is an official consensus in Lebanon on keeping the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and continuing its mission in the…
Israeli jets have struck near a UNIFIL peacekeeping position in the town of Hanin in Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district, Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting. – Israeli jets also struck…
President Joseph Aoun welcomed a parliamentary initiative and petition calling for the extension of the international forces’ mandate in southern Lebanon. – “The presence of UNIFIL in the south is…
The UN has said a ceasefire in southern Lebanon seems to be “largely holding”, but that peacekeepers continue to observe Israeli military “ground and air activities”. – In one incident,…
President General Joseph Aoun received a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron, during which he reviewed with him the general situation in Lebanon and the region in light of…
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says that Sunday marked the first day that UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon “did not detect any trajectories or observe any interceptions” since fighting began between…
The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) has expressed “heartfelt condolences” to the relatives of the Lebanese army members who were killed today in Israel’s attack in the Nabatieh…
The European Union is quietly preparing for what may become one of the biggest security transitions in the eastern Mediterranean since the 2006 Lebanon war. Behind the diplomatic language coming…
Canada stands in solidarity with the Lebanese people and Lebanese territorial integrity. I spoke with President Aoun earlier and condemned Israel’s illegal invasion and Hezbollah’s continued attacks on Israel. I…