UNIFIL hands over position in southern Lebanon to Lebanese army

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The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) officially handed over a military position to the Lebanese army in southern Lebanon’s Khardali area on Thursday, Anadolu reports.

The move comes as part of a broader plan to transfer several longstanding UNIFIL positions to Lebanese army control.

According to the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA), the position — located near an army facility in the Khardali-Litani area — was handed over to the Lebanese army’s 7th Brigade.

The handover comes in line with a UN Security Council decision to end UNIFIL’s mission in Lebanon by the end of this year.

It also comes amid efforts to implement security arrangements linked to a “framework agreement” signed between Lebanon and Israel in late June. […]

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