What’s UNDOF? Why UN peacekeepers patrol the Israel-Syria border

This article is published in association with United Nations. More than 1,100 UN peacekeepers are currently deployed in the Golan, a demilitarised zone along the Israel-Syria border at what is a tense and dangerous time in the history of the region. But, why are the Blue Helmets there? One of the UN’s longest-standing peacekeeping missions – the […]

Israeli forces fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

This article is published in association with United Nations. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon early Thursday morning, according to UNIFIL, the mission operating along the Security Council-mandated “Blue Line” of separation between the two countries which they patrol. “UNIFIL’s Naqoura headquarters and nearby positions have been repeatedly hit,” the UN mission […]

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