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Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in Lebanonâs Beqaa
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Two killed as Israel intensifies strikes beyond south Lebanon

Israeli attacks have intensified outside south Lebanon, leaving two dead amid continued ceasefire violations.

The New Arab Staff
Rita El Jammal
16 January, 2026
Members of the Spanish UNIFIL peacekeepers forces patrol in the southern Lebanese village of Al Mari, near the border with Israel, on January 7, 2025, amid a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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UN force says Israeli tank fired near peacekeepers in Lebanon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 January, 2026
2024/04/26: A commander from the Spanish troop of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) seen in the UNIFIL position near Kfarkela
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Italy wants military to stay in Lebanon after UNIFIL leaves

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 December, 2025
A commander from the Spanish troop of the United Nations...
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UNIFIL says Israeli forces fired on them in southern Lebanon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 December, 2025
Major General Diodato Abagnara, Head of Mission and Force Commander, pictured at the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura
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UNIFIL Commander contradicts Israeli claims Hezbollah rearming

The New Arab Staff
08 December, 2025
A member of the Spanish UNIFIL peacekeepers forces stands during a patrol in the southern Lebanese village of Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, on January 7, 2025
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Lebanon UN team examines options for border area with Israel

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 December, 2025
A convoy carrying a UN security council delegation, tours the border with Israel close to the southern Lebanese area of Naqoura on December 6, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanese army arrests six after shooting on UNIFIL patrol

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 December, 2025
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) receives a delegation, including UN Security Council President Samuel Zbogar (L) and reps. of UNSC member countries, at the Baabda Presidential Palace, Lebanon on December 05, 2025. (Lebanon Presidency/Handout/Getty)
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Aoun tells UN delegation Lebanon will not accept war with Israel

The New Arab Staff
05 December, 2025
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Israeli forces fire on UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 November, 2025
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UNIFIL confirms Israeli wall crosses into Lebanese territory

The New Arab Staff
14 November, 2025
UN Peacekeepers of UNIFIL arrive to change their duties in Tyre, Lebanon
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UNIFIL vows to remain in Lebanon despite Israeli attacks

Rita El Jammal
The New Arab Staff
28 October, 2025
A UNIFIL patrol moves along the route between Naqoura and Deir Kifa, passing by portraits of martyrs and a Hezbollah flag, on July 24, 2024. (Photo by ALINE DESCHAMPS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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UN, France slam Israel after attack on UNIFIL in south Lebanon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 October, 2025
Israeli forces launched a drone attack on a UNIFIL in direct violation of UN Resolution 1701
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UNIFIL neutralises Israeli drone after attack in south Lebanon

The New Arab Staff
27 October, 2025
UN Peacekeepers of UNIFIL arrive to change their duties in Tyre, Lebanon
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UN force in Lebanon says peacekeeper wounded by Israeli grenade

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 October, 2025
Plumes of smoke rise following an Israeli strike on the Ali al-Taher hills in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh al-Faouqa on August 31, 2025. (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Intense Israeli airstrikes in south Lebanon ignite forest fires

The New Arab Staff
03 October, 2025
Trump SEZ in south Lebanon: A neoliberal US-Israeli buffer zone?
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Trump SEZ in South Lebanon: A neoliberal US-Israeli buffer zone?

Hiba Bou Akar is an urban planning scholar whose work focuses on urbanism in Beirut. Follow Hiba on Instagram: @hibabouakar Mona Fawaz is a planning educator working and living in Beirut, Lebanon.  Follow Mona on X: @mona_fawaz

Hiba Bou Akar and Mona Fawaz

22 September, 2025
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What will happen to south Lebanon once UNIFIL leaves?

Dario Sabaghi
08 September, 2025
UNIFIL base in Deir Kifa
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UN force in Lebanon slams Israeli drone attack on peacekeepers

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 September, 2025
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun holds a cabinet meeting at the Baabda President Palace
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Lebanon to discuss army's Hezbollah disarmament plan on 5 Sept.

The New Arab Staff
30 August, 2025
UNIFIL has had a presence in Lebanon since the late 1970s
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UN votes to wind down Lebanon peacekeeping mission by 2026

The New Arab Staff
29 August, 2025
United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) troops parade during the head of command handover ceremony
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UN Security Council to decide fate of UNIFIL mandate in Lebanon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 August, 2025