'It's family': Lebanese villagers dread looming UNIFIL pullout

Naharnet Lebanon18 October 2026, 08:53 UTCLebanon

From his shop in south Lebanon near the Israeli border, Mark Diab says life in his village will be turned upside down when a decades-long United Nations peacekeeping force pulls out next year.

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