UNIFIL Head of Mission and Drive Commander Main Basic Aroldo Lázaro and the Lebanese Minister of Protection Maurice Sleem signed a memorandum on Monday concerning the institution of Decision 2650. Decision 2650 is the six-month extension of Decision 2591 the place “non permanent and particular measures” are taken by UNIFIL to assist the Lebanese Military with primary requirements […]
A person armed with a rifle and gasoline is holding staff and shoppers hostage on the Federal Financial institution of Lebanon within the Hamra district of Beirut. The person allegedly threatened to set himself on fireplace and kill everybody within the financial institution if the $209,000 he had deposited within the financial institution weren’t returned. […]