Human Rights Watch says UN must keep peacekeepers in Lebanon

Human Rights Watch says UN must keep peacekeepers in Lebanon Human Rights Watch has called on the United Nations to keep an international force in Lebanon after its peacekeepers' mandate ends this year. The peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, Unifil, has roughly 7,500 personnel from nearly 50 countries and has been in place since 1978. In August last year, however, the UN Security Council, under US pressure, decided to end Unifil's mandate on 31 December 2026.