The UN Security Council has voted to extend the mandate of UNIFIL in southern Lebanon. 13 countries voted in favor of resolution 2695, Russia and China abstained. According to Al-Manar reporter, the resolution sustains the freedom of movement of the UNIFIL forces, yet underlined the coordination with the Lebanese authorities. ...
Few hours before the UN Security Council convenes in order to discuss and pass a resolution to renew the UNIFIL mission, the Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant raided the international organization’s headquarters in New York in order to meet wit its Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Gallant told Guterres that the ...