Turkiye extends troops' deployment to Lebanon for another year

The Turkish Parliament yesterday approved a presidential memorandum to extend the mandate of its troops serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, for an additional year, according to Anadolu. The presidential memorandum includes extending the Turkish forces’ mission in Lebanon from 31 October 2024. In August 2006, the UN Security Council issued Resolution 1701, which ended 33 days of fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance faction. The resolution mandated the deployment of 15,000 international peacekeeping troops along the shared border. Read: UNIFIL condemns ‘deliberate’ Israel attacks, says destruction in Lebanon villages is shocking