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The European Union has condemned attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon and rejected allegations that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is responsible for obstructing the Israeli army. CBC | World News
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2 peacekeepers from Sri Lanka hurt by Israeli fire in Lebanon, UN says
Two UN peacekeepers were injured on Friday by an Israeli strike near their watchtower in south Lebanon, while blasts shook the peacekeepers’ main base in the area for the second time in 48 hours as Israeli forces battled Hezbollah. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli tank fire injures 2 peacekeepers in Lebanon, says UN official
United Nations peacekeepers’ headquarters and nearby positions in southern Lebanon have been repeatedly hit amid recent escalation along the Blue Line, UNIFIL said in a statement on Thursday, adding that two peacekeepers were injured by Israeli tank fire. CBC | World News
Read More »Walking the line: former peacekeepers remember the day war erupted in Cyprus
It is 50 years since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus put Canadian peacekeepers on the frontline of a war between two countries and two communities. CBC News looks back at a 30-year mission where tens of thousands of Canadian soldiers served. CBC | World News
Read More »UN expresses ‘outrage’ as 14 peacekeepers killed in Congo
In the deadliest single attack on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in recent memory, rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 14 peacekeepers and wounded 53 others in an assault on their base that was launched at nightfall and went on for hours. CBC | World News
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