WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden said on Friday he is asking Israel to not target UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. “Absolutely, positively,” Biden told reporters when asked if he was asking Israel to stop hitting UN peacekeepers. His remarks came after Israeli forces early Friday shelled an observation post belonging to UN In...
Singapore, Singapore – AFP Indonesia is ready to send “significant peacekeeping forces” as well as medical personnel to Gaza if Hamas accepts a new cease-fire proposal, President-elect Prabowo Subianto has said. President Joe Biden announced the Israeli roadmap to permanent peace in Gaza on Friday, as Israeli troops pushed in...
ROME (AA) – Italy is ready to send peacekeepers to the Gaza Strip if needed, the nation’s foreign minister has said. Over a thousand Italian military staff are already taking part in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told Radio24. “Should a peace mission be needed in...
United Nations, United States – AFP The presence of United Nations peacekeepers, whose shortcomings can frustrate local populations, is not a “magic wand” for conflict zones, said their leader Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who supports an expanded tool kit to protect civilians in increasingly complex territory. From Lebanon to the Dem...
WASHINGTON (AA) – More than 3,300 peacekeeping personnel serving in Mali have left the country as part of a gradual UN withdrawal plan, according to a statement Wednesday. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said 116 Senegalese peacekeepers were repatriated from Mopti Camp on Sept. 20. &...
