Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto meets Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, his counterpart, Michel Menassa in Beirut - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Italy says it will keep a military presence in Lebanon after the United Nations peacekeeping force it belongs to begins to withdraw as planned at the end of 2026.

Italy plans to keep troops in Lebanon after UNIFIL ends in 2026, with Defense Minister Guido Crosetto vowing continued ...

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Italy intends to keep a military presence in Lebanon even after the UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL departs as scheduled at the end of 2026, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Monday.

The UN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is expected to leave the country by the end of 2026 after decades of monitoring southern Lebanon.