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Thursday, August 28, 2025
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Thursday, August 28, 2025
UN Security Council unanimously renews UNIFIL mission for one final year
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French UN peacekeepers patrol the Lebanese-Israeli border in the village of Houla, southern Lebanon, August 20, 2025. (AP/Hussein Malla)
The United Nations Security Council unanimously extends the long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until the end of 2026, when the operation will then begin a year-long “orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal.”
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), established in 1978, patrols Lebanon’s southern border with Israel.
Israel had opposed the move, arguing that the UNIFIL observer force did not sufficiently act against Hezbollah’s entrenchment in southern Lebanon.
The US appeared to be leaning toward Jerusalem’s position, but ultimately joined the rest of the Security Council in backing the observer force remaining in Lebanon for another year.
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