President Biden’s top Middle East advisers are scrambling to mediate a temporary cease-fire deal between Israel and the Lebanon-based terrorist movement Hezbollah that would dislodge the reportedly ineffective U.N. mission.
The controversial United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was tasked by a U.S.-backed U.N. Security Council resolution with aiding the Lebanese army following the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, with a goal toward disarming the Iran-backed terrorist organization.
On Wednesday, Reuters reported that a person briefed on the talks and a senior diplomat working on Lebanon said the two-month period would be used to finalize full implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted in 2006 to keep southern Lebanon free of arms outside state control.
The controversial United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was tasked by a U.S.-backed U.N. Security Council resolution with aiding the Lebanese army following the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, with a goal toward disarming the Iran-backed terrorist organization.
On Wednesday, Reuters reported that a person briefed on the talks and a senior diplomat working on Lebanon said the two-month period would be used to finalize full implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted in 2006 to keep southern Lebanon free of arms outside state control.
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