UN observers in Lebanon not hit ‘direct, indirect fire’ – peacekeepers

The United Nations’ peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said on Wednesday that an incident at the weekend in which three UN observers and their translator were wounded was not caused by “direct or indirect fire.” The four members of the UN’s technical observation mission in southern Lebanon were wounded as they were carrying out … Read more

Lebanese civilians wound UN peacekeeper, block convoy twice

A UN peacekeeper in southern Lebanon was hurt when a group of young men attacked a patrol and tried to stop it from moving through their village, the UN mission said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday night when residents of the village of Taybeh briefly blocked the peacekeepers’ patrol traveling through … Read more