Libanon
Libanon | Naher und Mittlerer OstenZIF Kompakt
UNIFIL: Routinierter Tanz auf dem Vulkan | 06/2023
UNIFIL: Routineeinsatz in chaotischem Umfeld | 06/2022
UNIFIL: Routine im Auge des Sturms | 05/2021
ZIF kompakt spezial: Diese Woche im Sicherheitsrat: UNIFIL | 08/2019
UNIFIL: Zwischen Routine und Eskalation | 05/2019
UNIFIL: Routineeinsatz auf dem Pulverfass | 05/2018
UNIFIL: Der UN-Einsatz im Libanon setzt verstärkt auf Prävention | 05/2017
Aktuelle Einsätze
UNIFIL
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
Mandatiert seit: 03/78
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UNSCOL
Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon
Mandatiert seit: 02/07
Zum Einsatz
News
The Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it shot down an Israeli drone over Baalbek, a Hezbollah stronghold where it has an air defense unit. It then fired a missile that was intercepted by Israel, landing near a synagogue close to Nazareth in northern Israel without causing injury or damage.
At least seven civilians have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, security sources say, after Hezbollah rocket fire killed a soldier in Israel. … Hezbollah fighters have exchanged fire with Israeli forces almost every day along the border since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip in October.
Continuing retaliatory attacks and targeted assassinations along the Lebanon-Israel border are prompting warnings of an escalation that could unleash a wider conflict in the region.
"It is imperative to avoid regional escalation in the Middle East. It is absolutely necessary to avoid Lebanon being dragged into a regional conflict," Josep Borrell said during a press conference in Beirut with Lebanon's foreign minister.
Israel said it was poised to impose quiet on the Lebanese front as hostilities spiked on Sunday, with Hezbollah wounding civilians in a cross-border missile attack and the Israeli air force bombing sites linked to the Iranian-backed group.
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius travelled to Lebanon on Thursday to visit German soldiers serving in a U.N. peacekeeping force in the region … .
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant accused Iran on Monday of setting up an airport in southern Lebanon to enable attacks against Israel. Israel is troubled by arch-foe Iran's nuclear program, missile buildup and support for militants in the region.
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Wednesday his government is committed to cooperating with a UN peacekeeping mission operating in southern Lebanon. Mikati met on Wednesday in the capital Beirut with United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander Gen. Aroldo Lazaro.
The 30-year tenure of the former governor of the Bank of Lebanon Riad Salameh culminated in controversy, inquiries and sanctions. What role did the once respected financial authority play in Lebanon's economic collapse?
Two people were killed in fighting between members of the Shia armed group Hezbollah and residents of a Christian town after the residents surrounded an overturned truck, in the worst clash between Hezbollah and its opponents in Lebanon since fighting broke out in Beirut two years ago.