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First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Macedonia to deploy ARM officer in Lebanon peacekeeping mission

(MIA) - The Parliament passed Monday the decision over deployment of a Macedonian Army (ARM) officer in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeping mission."This is the seventh rotation of our representative in the UNIFIL mission ... [Published Macedonian Information Agency - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Macedonia, Peacekeeping, Nikola Gruevski

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Guido Westerwelle

German Foreign Minister Opposes Sending Arms to Rebels in Syria

Credit: Dirk Vorderstraße/wikimediaSecretary of State John Kerry is heading to the Middle East today for talks on setting up a Syria peace conference that will bring together representatives from the Assad regime and its opposition.Last week Kerry said ... [Published REASON Online - May 20 2013]

Entities: Guido Westerwelle, Syria, Embargo

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

NA soldier dies in Lebanon

KATHMANDU: A Nepal Army soldier deployed in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) died on Thursday, May 16, NA said on Sunday. According to a statement issued by NA Public Relations Directorate, the body of Lance Corporal Deepak Thapa Magar, ... [Published Himalayan Times - May 19 2013]

Entities: Thapa Magar, Lebanon, Suresh Sharma, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, Nepali Army

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Nepali Army

Nepal Army soldier killed in action in Lebanon

The Army said on Sunday that a Nepali soldier working for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was killed on Thursday, May 16.The body of Sargent Deepak Thama, who died while fulfilling his duty, was brought to Nepal earlier on Sunday, ... [Published Nepalnews.com - May 19 2013]

Entities: Nepali Army, KILLED IN ACTION, Lebanon

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

United Nations

â¢ UN denies it will pull out peacekeepers from Lebanon

Beirut, May 14 (Petra) – The United Nations on Tuesday denied Israeli reports that it had formally notified European Union nations it would withdraw its peacekeeping mission from southern Lebanon.United Nations Undersecretary-General for Peacekeeping ... [Published Jordan News Agency - May 14 2013]

Entities: Peacekeeping, Lebanon, United Nations

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Nakba Day tomorrow

Palestinian women wearing traditional outfits wave their national flags and chant slogans during a march to mark the 65th anniversary of Nakba near the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon headquarters in Naqoura yesterday. Palestinians will mark “Nakba” ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - May 14 2013]

Entities: United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, Israel

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

U.N. peacekeepers protest Israeli overflights of Lebanon

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, claiming increased violations of Lebanese airspace, protested to Israel's military.The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon reported that "in the course of the past week ... [Published JTA - May 08 2013]

Entities: Peacekeeping, Lebanon, protest

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 3 reports

Lebanese Army hands over Israeli to ICRC

The Daily StarLebanese Army soldier point in the direction where an Israeli crossed over into Lebanon on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. (The Daily Star/Mohammed Zaatari)SIDON, Lebanon: The Lebanese Army handed over an Israeli man who crossed into Lebanon earlier ... [Published Lebanon Daily Star - May 05 2013]

Entities: Red Cross/Crescent, Lebanon, Mohammed Zaatari, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Israeli crosses border into Lebanon

The Daily StarLebanese Army soldier point in the direction where an Israeli crossed over into Lebanon on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. (The Daily Star/Mohammed Zaatari) SIDON, Lebanon: The Lebanese Army apprehended Wednesday an Israeli man who crossed into ... [Published Lebanon Daily Star - May 01 2013]

Entities: Lebanon, Mohammed Zaatari, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 5 reports

Lebanese Army Interrogating Israeli who Crossed Lebanon's Border

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Lebanese army arrested on Wednesday a 34-year-old Israeli man who jumped over the barbed-wire fence in Naqoura and began interrogating him to find out why he entered the Lebanese territory.Al-Manar Website correspondent noted that "the ... [Published Fars News Agency - May 02 2013]

Entities: Lebanon, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, Interrogation, Blue Line International

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

ISRAELI CLAIM ABOUT LEBANESE DRONE UNTRUE

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Apr 30 (NNN-NNA) - The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which allegedly entered the Israeli airspace last week was not a Lebanese aircraft, the media in Beirut said on Monday, adding that the drone might have been flown by Tel Aviv itself, ... [Published NAM News Network - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Drone, Haifa (Israel), Beirut, Hizballah, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

Spanish FM Meets Miqati, Mansour, Urges National Unity Govt. in Syria

Spain backs the formation of a national unity government in Syria as a way out of the country's two-year conflict, its foreign minister said after talks in Beirut on Wednesday."The regime of (Syrian President) Bashar Assad has support, more or less, among ... [Published Naharnet - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Adnan Mansour, Syria, Lebanon

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Macedonia to deploy ARM officer in Lebanon peacekeeping mission [Published Macedonian Information Agency - 4 hours ago]

"Cooperation with the Lebanese government and the armed Lebanese forces is ideal. I can't imagine any of the nations with effective contributions to UNIFIL thinking of even changing their positions, but to the contrary, and given current circumstances in the world and the region which is now witnessing more trouble than any time in the past, preserving Lebanon's stability is essential" he told reporters

â¢ UN denies it will pull out peacekeepers from Lebanon [Published Jordan News Agency - May 14 2013]

"Only a political solution will put an end to the shedding of Syrian blood and prevent the unthinkable: a region-wide conflict that would have catastrophic consequences."

Q&A: Wider conflict brewing? [Published CNN - May 12 2013]

...of the past week it has observed a higher number of Israeli air violations over Lebanese airspace," U N spokesman Martin Nesirky said Tuesday. "The U N Interim Force has lodged firm protests with the Israeli Defense Force on this matter, asking them to cease the overflights."

U.N. peacekeepers protest Israeli overflights of Lebanon [Published JTA - May 08 2013]

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Lebanese hostages in Syria appear in video [Published Lebanon Daily Star - May 05 2013]
Lebanese Army hands over Israeli to ICRC [Published Lebanon Daily Star - May 05 2013]
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Israeli who slipped into Lebanon to be returned [Published Jerusalem Post - May 04 2013]
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The UN is only effective when all is quiet [Published Israel Today - May 03 2013]
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Lebanese army arrests Israeli after illegally c... [Published Islam Times - May 02 2013]
Lebanon Arrests Israeli Man Who Crossed Border [Published International Middle East Media Center - May 02 2013]
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German Foreign Minister Opposes Sending Arms to... [Published Hit & Run - May 20 2013] <p><img alt="" height="187" src="http://cloudfront-media.reason.com/mc/_external/2013_05/credit-dirk-vorderstraewikimed.jpg?h=187&w=280" title="\|\|\|Credit: Dirk Vorderstraße/wikimedia" width="280" style="float: right;"/>Secretary of State John Kerry ...
F-16 fighter jet shoots down drone inside Israe... [Published The Aviationist - Apr 25 2013] At around 1.30 PM local time on Apr. 25, 2013, the Israeli Air Force shot down an UAV (unmamned aerial vehicle) from Lebanon over the sea off Haifa, in norther Israel. An F-16 intercepted and downed the drone whose remains fell into the sea, at approximately ...
Diplomatic Fallout: For U.N. and Europe, a Peac... [Published World Politics Review: Articles - Mar 25 2013] Since the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was launched in March 1978, its history has been punctuated by crises. The mission was heavily reinforced in August 2006 after the inconclusive war between Israel and Hezbollah, and it still totals ...