Events tagged with "unifil"

Historical Events tagged with "unifil"

Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.

Military & Warfare

First UNIFIL Troops Deploy to Lebanon

March 23rd, 1978 46 years ago

In March 1978, the first United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) troops arrived in the region to oversee peacekeeping operations. The deployment followed increased tensions and violence along the Lebanon-Israel border, necessitating an international response to restore stability. The UN's peacekeeping mission focused on monitoring the Blue Line, the delineation of withdrawal between Israel and Lebanon, amidst ongoing conflicts.