U.N. peacekeeper mission extended
From Times Wire Reports
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to keep 13,600 peacekeepers in Lebanon for 12 more months, recognition that the country remains unstable more than a year after Israel’s war with Hezbollah.
The force was deployed to help Lebanese troops extend their authority into the south for the first time in decades and create a buffer zone near Israel free of Hezbollah fighters.
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