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UN peacekeepers in Lebanon plan to withdraw most troops by mid 2027 after UNIFIL’s mandate ends, shifting security duties to Lebanese authorities
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UN force to withdraw most troops from Lebanon by mid 2027

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon plan to withdraw most troops by mid 2027 after UNIFIL’s mandate ends, shifting security duties to Lebanese authorities.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 February, 2026
UN report says Israeli forces increasingly targeted UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon with drones and gunfire, raising doubts over UNIFIL’s future.
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UNIFIL allege surge in Israeli violence toward them

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 February, 2026
Nawaf Salam called for a new international force to be deployed when UNIFIL's mandate expires
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Lebanon PM says international force needed after UNIFIL

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 January, 2026
Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in Lebanonâs Beqaa
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Two killed as Israel intensifies strikes beyond south Lebanon

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
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
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UNSC vote on embattled Lebanon peacekeepers delayed

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 August, 2025
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UN Security Council to vote on UNIFIL's future on Monday

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 August, 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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UNIFIL faces troop cuts as UN Security Council vote looms

The New Arab Staff
21 August, 2025
A UNIFIL musical band perfoms as people welcome the relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux in the southern Lebanese village of Qlayaa on July 3, 2025. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP) (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanon–Israel–US standoff grows over UN peacekeeping force

The New Arab Staff
19 August, 2025
UN peacekeepers stand with their hands clasped behind their backs at Deir Kifa base, South Lebanon, on July 25, 2024
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Europeans push back on US-Israel bid to end UNIFIL in Lebanon

The New Arab Staff
17 August, 2025
Members of the United Nations peacekeeping force attend the repatriation ceremony for Irish soldier Sean Rooney who was killed on a UN patrol, at Beirut international airport on December 18, 2022. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanon death sentence for UN Irish soldier Sean Rooney's killer

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 July, 2025
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam (R) meets with US envoy Thomas Barrack in Beirut on July 7, 2025. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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US 'unbelievably satisfied' with Hezbollah disarmament response

The New Arab Staff
07 July, 2025
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The uncertain future of UNIFIL's mission in Lebanon

Dario Sabaghi
17 June, 2025
Peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) ride in armoured vehicles during a patrol along the border with Israel by the village of Kfar Kila in south Lebanon on June 4, 2025. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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US denies it is seeking to end UNIFIL mission in Lebanon

The New Arab Staff
10 June, 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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Israel backs US bid to remove UNIFIL peacekeepers from Lebanon

The New Arab Staff
09 June, 2025
An Indonesian UNIFIL peacekeeper waves a UN flag in south Lebanon by the border with Israel
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UN peacekeepers say Israel hit Lebanon base with direct fire

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 May, 2025
A UNIFIL vehicles drives past the rubble of destroyed buildings in the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun near the border with Israel on February 19, 2025. (Photo by FADEL ITANI/AFP via Getty Images)
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UNIFIL says found 225 arms caches since Israel-Hezbollah truce

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 May, 2025
Rooney was killed as part of the peacekeeping force in Lebanon's south
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Trial over death of Irish soldier in Lebanon set for September

The New Arab Staff
Rita El Jammal
27 March, 2025