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ZIF 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
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News

28.03.2024
Strikes by IDF, Hezbollah kill several in Lebanon and Israel

An overnight strike on the southern Lebanese village of Hebbariye killed at least seven people. On Wednesday, Hezbollah fired a salvo of rockets at the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona, killing at least one individual.

Source: Deutsche Welle
27.02.2024
Lebanon bracing for more deadly conflict with Israel

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.

Source: VOA News
15.02.2024
Israel launches deadly air strikes in Lebanon after rockets hit army base

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.

Source: BBC
24.01.2024
Attacks on Lebanon-Israel border prompt warnings of escalation

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.

Source: VOA News
06.01.2024
EU foreign policy chief warns against Lebanon getting dragged into conflict

"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.

Source: RFI
13.11.2023
Israel sharpens warning to Lebanon as cross-border hostilities spike

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.

Source: Reuters
19.10.2023
German defence minister visits troops at UN force in Lebanon

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius travelled to Lebanon on Thursday to visit German soldiers serving in a U.N. peacekeeping force in the region … .

Source: Reuters
11.09.2023
Israel sees South Lebanon airport as Iran-backed springboard for attacks

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.

Source: VOA News
06.09.2023
Lebanon says committed to cooperating with UN peacekeeping mission

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.

Source: Anadolu
25.08.2023
How Lebanon was plundered by its own central bank

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?

Source: Deutsche Welle