U.N. Extends Peacekeepers’ Term in Lebanon
The Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend its peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon until the end of January.
Earlier this month, Lebanon asked for an extension of the 4,500-member mission, which was established in March 1978 after Israel invaded Lebanon.
In a statement after the 15-0 vote for the six-month extension, the council expressed its “concern over the continuing violence in southern Lebanon” and called again for restraint in the region.
Israeli soldiers and allied militiamen guard the southern Lebanon enclave that Israel set up in 1985 to protect its northern towns from cross-border attacks by guerrillas from Hezbollah, or Party of God.
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