An appeal from border Christian villages: Help us stand firm!
The five border Christian villages in southern Lebanon—Rmeish, Ain Ebel, Debel, Al-Qawzah and Alma al-Shaab—issued an urgent appeal to the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops, meeting in Bkerke, calling for support to help residents stand firm and to ensure the safe and dignified return of displaced people, warning that displacement could turn…
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The southern border and the Blue Line
What is independently established about the incident, and what is attributed to a party?
The UN identified the Blue Line in 2000 to verify Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. UNIFIL explains that it is a withdrawal line, not an agreed international border.
UNIFIL · Blue Line FAQ ↗Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted in 2006, called for a full cessation of hostilities and strengthened UNIFIL’s mandate. The resolution is a reference for understanding reports about hostilities and deployments in southern Lebanon; it does not by itself verify a particular incident.
UN Security Council · 2006 ↗
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