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- President Joseph Aoun urged the UN Security Council to extend UNIFIL’s mandate in southern Lebanon.
- The Security Council voted in August 2025 to end UNIFIL’s mandate on 31 December 2026 under U.S. and Israeli pressure.
- UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said talks on a successor force will start soon.
- UNIFIL currently fields about 7,500 peacekeepers from roughly 50 nations at 50 sites in southern Lebanon.
