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With tensions rising along the Israeli-Lebanese border, the UN peacekeeping force stationed in the area has arguably never been more important. With the mandate up for renewal, the UN Security Council and troop-contributing countries should reassert their backing for the mission in the strongest terms.
Sarit Zehavi, founder and president of the Alma Research and Education Center, which specializes in Israel's security challenges on its Lebanese border, spoke to an August 14th Middle East Forum Webinar (video) about the increasing tensions with
Israel is pushing to expand the UN Interim Force’s (UNIFIL) mandate in Lebanon to include Hezbollah military posts. Tel Aviv is asking France, which holds the Lebanon portfolio in the UN Security Council, to include the military posts that Hezbollah has placed along the border, hidden inside cargo containers under UNIFIL's mandate.
Jihadist groups are resurging in West Africa as the coup in Niger creates instability on borders and gives Islamist radicals in the Sahel a reason to feel emboldened.
The GWB organization is said to provide cover for Hezbollah activities along the 'Blue Line' separating Lebanon and Israel - Click the link for more details.