UNIFIL’s Termination: A Force Set Up to Fail?
The UN Security Council has decided to terminate the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon by the end of 2026. The decision follows decades of structural challenges and intensified criticism from both Israel and Hizballah regarding the force's effectiveness.
The year 2026 marks the last year of operations for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). After almost fifty years in place, the United Nations (UN) Security Council decided to discontinue its mandate starting in 2027. This article argues that the force has been unable to fulfill its long-term mission due to a structural difficulty: it has never benefited from local and international consensus necessary for its success.
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