A UNIFIL vehicle patrols in the Sour region, in July 2025. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'OLJ)
"There is no more peace to keep." This is now the common refrain in New York regarding the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission. The peacekeepers' operation, caught in the crossfire and barricaded in shelters since the beginning of the war, with a mandate set to end at the end of this year, is becoming increasingly difficult to carry out. But as the future of South Lebanon appears uncertain, with Israel determined to continue its ground invasion, questions regarding the post-UNIFIL era are resurfacing and taking on a new dimension.This situation, now untenable for the U.N. units, leaves little chance for a renewal of the mission, as suggested by French President Emmanuel Macron about ten days ago. This idea has not been taken up in diplomatic circles, according to our information. "This decision is...
"There is no more peace to keep." This is now the common refrain in New York regarding the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission. The peacekeepers' operation, caught in the crossfire and barricaded in shelters since the beginning of the war, with a mandate set to end at the end of this year, is becoming increasingly difficult to carry out. But as the future of South Lebanon appears uncertain, with Israel determined to continue its ground invasion, questions regarding the post-UNIFIL era are resurfacing and taking on a new dimension.This situation, now untenable for the U.N. units, leaves little chance for a renewal of the mission, as suggested by French President Emmanuel Macron about ten days ago. This idea has not been taken up in diplomatic circles, according to our information. "This decision...
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