{"id":72911,"date":"2026-11-06T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/11\/06\/unifil-to-begin-withdrawal-from-lebanon-after-mandate-ends-in-december-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T07:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T23:51:00","slug":"unifil-to-begin-withdrawal-from-lebanon-after-mandate-ends-in-december-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/11\/06\/unifil-to-begin-withdrawal-from-lebanon-after-mandate-ends-in-december-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIFIL to begin withdrawal from Lebanon after mandate ends in December 2026."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) will begin withdrawing from the country after its mandate expires on Dec. 31, 2026, in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2790, the mission said Thursday.<br \/>Until the end of its mandate, UNIFIL will continue its daily operations across southern Lebanon, including monitoring and reporting developments, supporting the Lebanese armed forces and facilitating humanitarian missions, UNIFIL said in a post on social media platform X.<br \/>The UN Security Council is considering arrangements for the period after the mission&#8217;s departure, it added.<br \/>The announcement comes as Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and other officials have called on the international community to maintain UNIFIL&#8217;s presence, warning of potential security gaps in southern Lebanon following its withdrawal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) will begin withdrawing from the country after its mandate expires on Dec. 31, 2026, in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2790, the mission said Thursday.Until the end of its mandate, UNIFIL will continue its daily operations across southern Lebanon, including monitoring and reporting developments, supporting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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