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Editors’ Pick

September 4, 2018

Turning the UN’s Army of Human Shields in Lebanon into Something that Restrains Hizballah

UNIFIL has failed to keep the peace.

According to the United Nations Security Council resolution that ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hizballah, the mission of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is to keep both sides out of southern Lebanon and ensure that the area is solely under the control of the Lebanese government. With a new commander set to take charge of UNIFIL, Elliott Abrams takes stock of its accomplishments, or lack thereof:

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